Sakaja to deputize Mudavadi under new Nairobi plan

Under a newly formalised joint governance framework signed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, Governor Johnson Sakaja will serve as the deputy to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi on a high-level steering committee for Nairobi. 

This two-tier structure is designed to accelerate infrastructure development and align national and county government priorities for the capital. 

Chaired by Musalia Mudavadi with Johnson Sakaja as deputy. This body sets overall policy direction and coordinates national ministries and agencies with county officials.

This second tier oversees the day-to-day execution of agreed-upon projects and includes Nairobi County Executive Committee members and national Principal Secretaries. 

The framework focuses on several critical service departments where the national government will now take a leading role in partnership with the county.

Includes building a treatment plant in Ruai to generate power and deploying the 3,500-member “Green Army”.Upgrading 62 kilometres of city roads with a dedicated budget of Sh2.1 billion.

Enhancing security through major projects like the Maragua IV Dam.

Governor Sakaja has emphasized that this arrangement is not a transfer of county functions but a strategic collaboration to improve service delivery and restore Nairobi’s “glory”.

By Anthony Solly