Nairobi county assembly speaker Benson Mutura has been sworn in as the acting governor.
Mutura was supposed to be sworn in on Friday, a day after Nairobi governor Mike Sonko was impeached by the senate.
But the ceremony was postponed to a later date after Justice Jairus Ngaah who was meant to preside over the swearing-in arrived after 2:00 pm.
According to the Assumption of Office of the Governor’s Act 2019, the oath should be administered between 10 am and 2 pm.
Assembly Minority Chief Whip Peter Imwatok said that the decision to postpone the ceremony was reached following consultations with the speaker, the committee and the judge.
“We acted according to the law throughout this impeachment process so there is no need to break the law this time. Everything we do must be within the law,” Imwatok said.
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