Anne Kananu Mwenda, former Nairobi City County Chief Officer disaster management and coordination who was nominated as Deputy Governor by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has received a reprieve after the petition barring her appointment is set to be withdrawn.
Peter Agoro, who had petitioned a Nairobi court in January 2020 to stop Mwenda’s assumption of office has filed a motion to withdraw the petition on January 4, 2021.
The move is the latest legal twist in the complex process of replacing the impeached governor.
The IEBC had already started preparing for a by-election in the city, even as politicians began throwing their hats in the ring. Should the nominated deputy governor assume office, she is likely to take over reins and avoid the mini poll. However, the process of finding a substantive governor had already kicked off with Nairobi Speaker Benson Mutura being sworn in as acting governor.
This comes just as the High Court suspended the Nairobi by-election until a petition challenging the impeachment of the former governor is heard and determined. In his petition,
In his petition, Agoro had argued that Mwenda’s nomination contravened earlier orders issued against Sonko in December 2019. Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Douglas Ogoti had barred the former governor from accessing county offices unless accompanied by an investigating officer or any other authorised person.Agoro claimed that the timing of the nomination was an act of self-preservation by Sonko.
Mwenda holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology and Security Management from the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology undertaken in 2016.She has previously served at Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) as a Security Supervisor in charge of quality control and training.
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