Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen has claimed that there was military coup in Nairobi county disguised as transfer of key functions to the National government.
His comment came when the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator was responding to lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi’s claim that the government was soiling the good image of military people by appointing them as procurement managers at City Hall.
Murkomen in his response questioned how anyone can be convinced that there was no military coup in Nairobi county disguised as transfer of functions.
Murkomen’s claim comes just a day after he criticized the approval of seven military officers to Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS).
During the Senate proceeding on Tuesday May 5, Murkomen said that the move has deprived Nairobians of their democracy.
According to Murkomen, the decision to send active military men to NMS was an ill move when such people should be in barracks and manning our border points.
Murkomen said he was against the takeover of the county from Governor Mike Sonko, which he said is against the Constitution.
The senator has also raised concern over accountability in NMS, saying it will be a ‘mirage’.
The top Kenya Defence Forces body (Kenya Defence Council) approved military officers joining NMS which was created in March following an agreement between Sonko and President Uhuru Kenyatta.
