Nakuru County Governor Lee Kinyanjui has sent top county officials on compulsory leave in what he termed as a move to change the current state of affairs.
Among those sent home include the Director of Finance Wilson Mungai, Director of Procurement Eliezar Ngarari, Head of Enforcement Joseph Kiara, Deputy Head of Enforcement Charles Nyanaro and the Head of Accounts Dan Odundo.
In addition, Kinyanjui also sent all sub-county and ward administrators and their deputies home.
The Governor further announced the immediate replacement of the County Secretary Joseph Motari who has been in office for the past four and half years under former Governor Kinuthia Mbugua’s administration.
"This will give us an opportunity to clean up the system which has been infested with cartels,"Kinuthia stated.
"County resources had been critically drained through fictitious payments of non-delivered or substandard goods, overpriced tenders, incomplete projects and bribery," he added.
The County Boss stated that all officers sent on leave would be required to hand over office to the acting County Secretary with immediate effect.
He further put on notice the County Public Service Board members who he said have been adversely mentioned in recruitment malpractices.
Kinyanjui also halted procurement functions for the next 30 days, only allowing exceptions in rare cases where the required goods or services are an emergency
The Governor noted they will be conducting a biometric head count as a way of managing the wage bill and added that he will announce his cabinet by Wednesday.
Kinyanjui, who was vying on a Jubilee ticket, won the election by a landslide after he garnered 633,732 votes against his closest competitor Peter Kiplangat Koros who got 71,575 votes.
