Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu suspended two members of his Cabinet.
Reports revealed that that the Kiambu Health Executive James Murega and his Trade counterpart Isabela Waiyaki were handed suspension letters for allegedly being perceived as being close to Deputy Governor James Nyoro.
Governor Waititu and Nyoro have been embroiled in a bitter fallout over the management of county affairs.
Deputy Governor Nyoro reiterated that he suspected the two officials were suspended after they were seen with him recently.
“We should be working as a team and what is happening is very sad. We are being led by petty issues,” Nyoro lamented.
Nyoro stated that he had met the Health Executive recently during a funeral of a mutual friend adding that Ms Waiyaki recently called him, by virtue of him being an agricultural expert, to inform him of a delegation from Nebraska, US.
Waititu confirmed he had suspended the two for seven days over the management of their respective dockets adding that he suspended Dr Murega due to a crisis that has rocked the health department for the past few months.
“We have been having problems in our hospitals and we want to investigate if (Murega) is the one at fault,” the Kiambu County Chief stated.
“So many things are happening at the trade department without me being involved. Somethings are not going the right way and people are complaining,” Waititu stated concerning the Trade CEC.
The governor further stated all executives in the county must keep him and Kiambu residents updated on the goings-on in their dockets adding he had instructed executives to respond in writing over claims made against them.
