Nairobi County Assembly has approved the appointment of Anne Kananu as the Deputy Governor. As it stands, despite questions on the legality of the entire process, she is to take over as Deputy Governor.
Later, she has been sworn in as the Governor of Nairobi. BBI official Dennis Waweru has been revealed to deputize Ms Kananu after being sworn in as Governor.
Approving the nomination of Anne Kananu as the capital’s first female Deputy Governor, Nairobi by-election has been suspended.
The committee on Friday said she was cleared by KRA, EACC, had a degree and fulfilled other requirements for the job.
Kananu's swearing-in took place immediately at KICC.
During her vetting on Friday morning, Kananu pledged to have a seamless working relationship with Nairobi Metropolitan Service to enable services to be delivered to residents.