NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – A day after Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko committed to end hostilities with Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General, Major General Mohamed Badi, the county chief has pledged to drop a suit filed against the Badi-led agency.
Speaking while inspecting ongoing development projects being implemented by both his administration and the NMS in Nairobi’s Mukuru Kwa Reuben area on Thursday, Sonko said he had directly engaged Badi to iron out outstanding issue.
“Since we have now done handshake ending our disputes I will be no longer pursuing the suits I had filed against NMS, I will seek that they be set aside,” said Sonko.
The Governor threatened to pull out of the Deed of Transfer he signed with the national government which cleared the way for the creation of NMS, citing numerous illegalities.
He had on numerous occasions faulted NMS officials, accusing them of working with unnamed national government officials to usurp functions domiciled under his office.
The Governor apologized to Badi on Wednesday ending months of a tense relationship characterized by name-calling.
“Today I want to apologize on anything bad that I have said against my brother Badi, going forward we will work together in implementing development projects in this great city,” said Sonko.
The two resolved to forge a united front when they addressed reporters shortly after they jointly attended an event presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Sonko and Badi expected to jointly open Nairobi’s Michuki Park, a recreational site established from a reclaimed dumpsite along the Nairobi River on Friday.
“There is no enmity between the two of us, you will now start seeing us with the Governor initiating and supervising projects because that is what we have been assigned to do,” said Badi.
