Nairobi Speaker Ng’ondi dismiss Githurai MCA resignation claims
Nairobi City County Assembly Speaker Kennedy Ngondi has dismissed claims that Githurai MCA Deonysias Mwangi has resigned.
Speaking to The Informer Media Group, Ngondi clarified that no formal resignation had been received by his office, despite rumours that the MCA had quit.
“We did not receive any official letter of his resignation in line with the Constitution,” Ngondi said. “What came to my office was a letter addressed to the Speaker, but unsigned. An unsigned letter is no letter at all. As a County Assembly, we conduct our affairs officially and therefore we did not take it as a resignation,” he added.
Without a signature and without the procedure being followed, the county assembly speaker described it as “political theatre”.
For now, the Speaker insists that the MCA is still in office and bound by oath, and is still expected to appear in the City Hall chambers.
Yesterday, the Githurai legislator claimed to have formally tendered his resignation to the county assembly speaker.
“I dropped the resignation letter and I hope that the assembly speaker will receive the letter and read it before the whole House and follow the right procedure,” Mwangi stated.
Under Article 194(1)(b) of the Constitution, an MCA’s resignation is only valid if it is in writing, personally signed, and formally delivered to the Speaker.
The Speaker is then expected to read the resignation letter to the whole House, which will notify the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The electoral agency will then begin the countdown to a by-election.
In his resignation letter, the MCA accused the Nairobi County Executive, under Governor Johnson Sakaja, of frustrating his attempts to provide services to his constituents.
He also drew attention to the state of the infrastructure, citing the dilapidated condition of roads such as Cifu, Ruri Powerline, Chiro, Mucoe, Kweche and Kirogo, which have been left untouched despite repeated Assembly resolutions.
He also highlighted the neglect of Githurai Level 3 Hospital, where patients queue in an incomplete waiting area, expectant mothers lack a completed maternity unit, and the facility is understaffed and under-equipped.
“These are not mere personal concerns, but the sovereign aspirations of the people of Githurai Ward,” the MCA wrote, adding that his presence in the Assembly under such conditions “would amount to complicity in a governance system that has become unaccountable, unresponsive, and detached”.
