Mombasa Governor Ali Hasan Joho on Tuesday night, November 12, sent home his entire Cabinet.
It is alleged that the ministers were asked to leave office after their contracts, which began on November 2017 ended on Tuesday, November 12.
According to a report by The Standard, county officials stated that service delivery would run as usual until a new team is formed.
"The contracts of all the executives expired this month. They had signed two-year contracts and it's now the prerogative of the governor to give direction on the way forward," Deputy Governor William Kingi stated.
The Mombasa County boss is expected to form a new government in the next days or weeks.
"It is a normal thing for contracts to come to an end and there is nothing unusual. Hence there is no crisis, "Job Tumbo, the governor's chief of staff told the publication.
The ministers are said to have returned cars and other official items to the county.
On Wednesday, November 6, the governor who was ailing from malaria, had been admitted to Mombasa Hospital and discharged on Friday, November 8.
former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who was in the country at the time, visited Joho in hospital.
