Isiolo Governor Abdi Ibrahim Guyo swaps three County Executive Committee Members (CECs) and drops one in a reorganization shake up aimed at enhancing service delivery to residents.
The shake up affected the Deputy Governor James Lowasa who is a medical Doctor assumes Education, Youth and Sports docket having been moved from Health department.
In an exercise that saw a Chief Officer in Trade department Ms Lucy Kaburu being promoted to take up the Health docket left by Dr Luwasa, Governor Guyo said that service delivery was the main cause for his instituting the reshuffle.
In a statement read by the Communications Coordinator Hussein Salesa, the Governor moved Dr Lawrence Mwongela to Finance and Economic Planning, swapping places with Abdulahi Banticha who now takes up the Trade and Revenue department.
However Ms Eileen Kajuju whose Education docket was taken by Dr Lowasa was not allocated other duties.
The Executives for Agriculture and Livestock Mr. Yusuf Mohamed, Yusuf Dahir (Lands) and Wario Sarite (W
ater) were not affected by the reshuffle.
The new health CEC awaits vetting by the County Assembly next week amid the ongoing strike by Clinicians, Nurses, and Laboratory technologists who down tools on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 paralysing operations at public health institutions including Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The medics are protesting failure by the County to pay salaries on time and lack of remitting deductions which deny them services from statutory institutions including health and loans.
Source: Kenya News Agency