Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director-general Mohamed Badi has been inducted to the Cabinet.
This comes after he took an Oath of Secrecy in a ceremony witnessed by President Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi on Thursday. To be allowed to attend Cabinet Meetings or participate in the conduct of Cabinet business, one must take the oath.
Badi will henceforth attend all Cabinet meetings pursuant to the Executive Order No. 3 of 2020, State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena said in a statement.
“His Excellency the President this morning witnessed the taking and subscription to the Oath of Secrecy by Major-General Mohammed Abdalla Badi, the Director-General of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), a requirement of all persons who attend Cabinet Meetings or participate in the conduct of Cabinet Business.”
“The Director-General shall henceforth attend all meetings of Cabinet and its Committees, pursuant to Executive Order No. 3 of 2020. The Ceremony conducted by the Head of the Public Service was a precursor to the Cabinet Meeting held at State House, Nairobi on this Tenth Day of September the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty,” Dena said in the statement.
Badi was tasked with the responsibility of transforming the city and given 100 days to deal with corruption and dismantle cartels that have held the city at ransom for years.
NMS was put into office on March 18, 2020, by the President nearly a month after Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko handed over four key functions to the National Government.
The transferred functions are county health services, transport, public works, utilities and ancillary services and county government planning and development.
