Panic as Governor Joho Fires Entire Cabinet at Midnight

Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho is not taking administrative work easily. By the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, he sent his entire Cabinet into oblivion.

All his County Executive Officers were forced to leave office upon the expiry of their two-year contracts sparking anxiety that the mass departure could create a vacuum.

His communication office however reiterated that the transition would be seamless. Deputy Governor William Kingi, who also served as Education minister, said there was nothing unusual with the move.

“The contracts of all the executives expired this month. They had signed two-year contracts and it is now the prerogative of the governor to give direction on the way forward,” said Mr Kingi while confirming the reports.

There are indications that the governor is expected to reconstitute his government in the coming days or weeks amid reports some of the executives will be retained in the expected changes. New nominees will have to be vetted by the county assembly.

After his re-election in 2017, Joho assembled a team of executives who included former university lecturers, researchers and bankers. His team included three women.

He gave them two-year contracts. In his first administration, the executives served for longer and only one was ousted midstream through impeachment forcing the recruitment of a new official.

By yesterday, the outgoing executives had returned cars, bodyguards and other official entitlements.. The three female executives are Hazel Koitaba (health), Fatuma Awale (water) and Mariam Abdillahi Mbaruk (Finance). The others are Hassan Mwamtoa (fisheries and agriculture), Edward Nyale (lands), Fawz Rashid (trade and tourism), Tawfiq Balala (transport), Dr Godfrey Nato (environment), Kelvin Kyalo Muoki (youth and sport) and Seth Odongo (devolution).

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