MP moves to court to bar NMS boss Mohamed Badi from attending Cabinet meetings

September 15, 2020 2:36 PM

Badi's new cabinet clearance challenged

NMS Director General Mohamed Abdalla Badi (sky blue blazer) with Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua when the NMS boss took an oath of secrecy to attend Cabinet meetings and sub-committees

Kandara MP Alice Wahome has challenged the validity of Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) Director-General Mohamed Badi's admission to the Cabinet.

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In a petition filed in court, MP Wahome claims that the move was contrary to the provisions of Kenya's Constitution.

According to the legislator, one should only become a member of the Cabinet after being appointed by the President as the law directs.

"He has not been appointed to the Cabinet as provided for in the Constitution and thus his appointment is illegal and void," Wahome argues in court papers.

Kandara MP Alice Wahome addressing the public during the fundraiser in Garissa on 05 July 2019 Pulse Live Kenya

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The Kandra legislator is seeking to have the NMS boss from attending Cabinet meetings by having the secretary of the Cabinet compelled to exclude him.