Acting Governor of Nairobi County Anne Kananu can now be sworn in as the substantive Governor of Nairobi County.

This follows the Appellate court’s ruling that the former Governor of Nairobi Gideon Mbuvi alias Mike Sonko has been out of office for over ten months therefore not the governor.

The three-judge bench also intimated that should the appeal by the embattled ex-governor become successful, and it emerges that his political rights were indeed violated, then the violations can be justified by being paid damages, since they will be personal to him.

In July this year, the court of Appeal had temporarily halted the swearing-in of Kananu as Governor for Nairobi after Sonko and human rights activist Okiya Omtatah lodged an appeal.

Sonko nominated Kananu as her deputy in January 2020 however, the court blocked the county assembly from vetting her. Later she was cleared, vetted and sworn in as Nairobi’s Deputy Governor. 

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Her swearing-in hindered the chances of a by-election after Sonko’s impeachment