Tharaka Nithi County Governor Muthomi Njuki has issued a warning to county staff operating in the county government institutions across the county, saying a lot of laxity was witnessed among a majority of the workers.
Speaking at the Governor’s Residence at Kajuki on Friday, December 2, 2022, Njuki took the opportunity to ask the lazy county employees to get back to work fully whether they were under supervision or not.
“Immediately after the August 2022 general elections, laxity has been witnessed among county government employees in various stations across the county with the notion that I am serving a second term in office and will not be seeking re-election”, he said.
The Governor who oversaw the swearing in of the newly appointed Chief Officers to his government said he had no other responsibility but serve the people of Tharaka Nithi County and urged those given the mandate to serve as policy implementors in the county to serve members of the public to deliver results.
“I want to take this opportunity to warn lazy county employees that their honeymoon is over and ask them to get back to their respective workstations not just physically but deliver results as expected of them”, he added.
To the Chief Officers, Governor Njuki asked them to serve the public equally, regardless of their political alignments or how they voted in the August polls, calling on them to distance themselves from politics during his last tenure.
The event saw the swearing in of the newly appointed County Attorney David John Mbaya, who served as County Assembly Speaker in the 2nd County Assembly.
In his speech, Njuki noted that the office would help minimize legal cases and in turn save the county funds spent in legal fees and charges, and most importantly be used to formulate laws in the county.
In his first assignment, the County Attorney is expected to help formulate and pass the “Facility Improvement Fund Bill” to enable revenue generated in health facilities in the county be injected back to develop the facilities.
He is also expected to oversee the passing into law of the “Road Marshalls Bill”.
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