Mabatini Member of County Assembly Wilfred Oluoch Odalo has defended Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja against social media reports that have linked him to the death of Kariobangi North MCA Joel Munuve.
Odalo who is also the Budget Committee chairperson on Wednesday afternoon called on those with political ambitions to let the family of the late Joel Munuve mourn in peace.
He explained how he once intervened to have Governor Sakaja meet with the late Joel Munuve when the two were not seeing eye to eye.
This happened at the time Munuve was in the process of collecting signatures to impeach the governor back in 2023.
When the dust had settled,Munuve and Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai approached Odalo for a ceasefire meeting with the governor.
” Munuve through Alai approached me when he had issues with the governor and at this point he wanted peace and a way forward on the issues he had raised,”
The meeting as explained by Odalo happened at a Café in Kileleshwa where the two agreed to work together.
He spoke on Wednesday afternoon when MCAs were given time to mourn their colleague after adopting a procedural motion that also allowed the house to adjourn until April 29th,2025.
Minority leader Anthony Kiragu described Munuve as a vibrant member who stood for what is right all the time.He also warned against casting aspersions over the cause of Munuve’s death.
“He was a vibrant member of this house who stood for what is right all the time in the course of his duty,'” he said
Ngara MCA Chege Mwaura called on the assembly to summon the Health County Executive before the house to answer to the questions raised in a statement raised by the late Munuve.
Majority of MCAs who spoke vowed not to relent in playing their role as an oversight authority to the executive.
Autopsy
Majority leader Peter Imwatok confirmed to the assembly that Munuve’s family have agreed to have an autopsy conducted on Thursday morning at Lee funeral.
His family was present in the assembly and is expected to be at the forefront as Kenyans push for quick investigations into the real cause of Munuve’s death.
JMunuve died on Tuesday morning while receiving treatment at a hospital in Kiambu.
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