Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has refuted claims that the Nairobi County Government spent Ksh21 billion on lawyers' fees, terming the allegations as misleading. This clarification follows a social media post by Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, who attributed the figure to a local newspaper and claimed a significant portion was corruptly siphoned back to City Hall.

• Governor Sakaja clarified that the Ksh21 billion represents pending legal claims inherited in 2022, not money already paid.
• The disputed legal fees have since been reviewed downwards by about half, but the amount remains too high for the administration to clear.
• Ahmednasir Abdullahi had alleged that the Ksh21 billion accounted for over 70 per cent of total county legal expenditure and that 80 per cent of such fees were returned to City Hall.