Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika clashed with more than 600 casual workers after she fired them unceremoniously on January 1.
While staging a protest at the county offices on Monday, January 9, the 605 workers reached out to the national government especially the senate to intervene and help them get their jobs back.
The workers detailed their suffering with most claiming that they already accrued huge debts after getting fired without payment.
“Some of us have been locked out of our houses by landlords. Others were fired without getting paid and with no notice.
"Our Governor, please hear our cry. Some of us had even worked for five months without getting paid,” they lamented.
The protestors also complained of being neglected by the county boss who promised to stand with them if they voted her in during the August general election.
“I have worked for Nakuru county for 9 years. You promised us to vote for you so that you can consider us but now were are suffering.
"We were fired on January 1. Instead of celebrating the new year we were crying,” lamented Susan Wangari, one of the victims.
The workers, therefore, asked the Governor to re-hire them and provide them with new permanent and pensionable terms.
“We are pleading with Kihika to think about this and take back these employees and confirm them as permanent and with pensionable terms,” they pleaded.
Most of the casual labourers have worked in Nakuru County under successive governments. Some were employed by the first Governor Kinuthia Mbugua while others by former Governor Lee Kinyanjui.
