A section of Nairobi MCAs from both Kenya Kwanza and Azimio coalition now claim no tangible development project that has been completed in Nairobi three years on.
They argue some of the projects that the current administration had pledged to deliver are just on paper and some that have been overtaken by events.
This emerged during a media briefing on on November 7 by Deputy Minority Leader Waithera Chege and his ODM Counterpart Robert Alai of Kileleshwa ward.
Assembly capture
Unlike before in City politics, the Azimoi coalition is the majority in the Assembly and the Kenya Kwanza is the minority whereas governor Sakaja was elected on a UDA ticket.
But the MCAs now claim that the Executive has muzzled the Assembly leadership thus no crucial debates are able to be discussed to the conclusion.
“The current House Leadership will go down in history as the worst in all the county. No one is acting as a referee as supposed to be in any assembly,” the members said in joint statement.
Land grabbing
The MCAs raised concerns over unplanned constructions in the city including high-rises in Kileleshwa and Kilimani adding that there was clear evidence of land grabbing.
“It is our observation that is now the view of the majority of the city county residents that Nairobi could be facing its worst leadership crisis at City Hall,” they stated.
They pointed out stalled affordable housing projects singling out the Jee-van-Jee in Ngara citing that city residents have since paid for units that were supposed to handed over in 2023 but there have been a lot of meddling.
Low revenue collections
Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alia of Azimio wing on his part regretted that for a while now, the county revenue collection has been dwindling at an alarming rate yet Nairobi has huge potential.
“Some small counties are collecting more money than Nairobi, the city more potential bigger metropolis and more revenue capacity is collecting because the same revenue is being pilfered at the source by few individuals at the assembly and executive,” Alai stated
They also claimed that despite the formation of Nairobi Revenue Authority more than a year ago, the unit that was supposed to help in revenue collection has not started its work.
The MCAs accused the executive of failing to allow an independent body to be in charge of collections citing that it would deny some individuals a chance to loot.
Garbage menace
For many years, there have been promises of fixing perennial problems in Nairobi including plans by Governor Sakaja to put a plant that was supposed to convert waste into energy in the Dandora dumpsite.
But since 2022, several attempts have failed to materialise bringing to a halt plans to put up 45 megawatt waste-to-energy plant at a cost of Sh47 billion.
Recently Muthurwa market chairman Nelson Githaiga revealed that garbage collection in the city is a business that involves cartels and some county officials.
Transport headache
Immediately after taking over, the current administration attempted to relocate matatu operators from the City centre to the multi-million shillings Green Park which was constructed by the defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services.
But this was stalled even as the executive blamed political interference more so by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who had warned Sakaja to leave alone the matatu operator and hawkers at the city centre.
The MCAs also questioned the funding formula of Dishi an County, Sakaja pet project aimed at giving free food to pupils in public primary schools.
