BY SAM ALFAN.
Embattled Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has moved to court seeking to suspend an order stopping her from presiding Assembly sittings.
Joy Furaha Mranja, a Nairobi resident had obtained orders stopping Elachi from presiding over sitting of the county assembly.
She had also stopped ELachi, the County Assembly, Nairobi City County Service Board, the acting speaker and clerk from bringing goons, strangers or any other person who is not authorized by the law to be in the Assembly and who may interrupt the business of the Assembly.
Under certificate of urgency through lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, Elachi said her rights to discharge her constitutional and statutory functions of the Assembly have been compromised and totally curtailed by the said order.
In her court documents, Elachi urge the court pending hearing and determination of the application, the execution of any aspect of the ‘consent order’ purportedly dated October 25, 2019 be suspended.
She urged the court to nullify purported representation by lawyer Steve Mogaka together with the purported notice of appointment dated October 23,2019 be struck out and expunged from court record.
She denied any meeting between the said advocate or communication of whatever kind has ever been between them.
Elachi added the ‘consent order’ dated October 25,2019 was obtained through collusion of the advocate without process having ever being served to her was a calculated of her oblique removal as the speaker of City county assembly through advocates masquerading as her advocate.
Elachi said she had never been served with any the petition and she became aware of the proceedings through Furaha purporting to send the said ‘consent order’ to her office.
The speaker added that she was willing and ready to proceed with the full and proper adjudication of the petition filed and lawfully served.
