Mutura’s candidature was backed by both the Jubilee Party and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party led by Raila Odinga.
Mutura was elected with 99 votes. All the other five contestants; Abdi Ali Abdi, Ken Ng’ondi, Washington Makodingo, Allan Chacha Mang’era, and Mike Obonyo Guoro got no votes.
Former Makadara Member of Parliament (MP) Benson Mutura has been sworn in as the Speaker of the Nairobi County Assembly.
Mutura takes over the seat from Beatrice Elachi who resigned amidst a chaotic leadership tussle between Governor Mike Sonko and Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-General Mohammed Badi.
The Jubilee Party had held a meeting at the headquarters with it’s Nairobi MCAs on Thursday, where Secretary-General Raphael Tuju announced the endorsement of Mutura.
ODM MCAs met on Friday morning at a Nairobi hotel and resolved to back Mutura saying their party would produce the deputy speaker in line with the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
