The woes between Governor Hassan Ali Joho and the Members of County Assembly seem to be far from ending. Last week, Joho appeared before the Senate to answer questions on the escalating woes.
Buoyed by their successful rebellion, Mombasa MCAs are now planning to remove another ally of Joho from the county government.
They are targeting Idris Abdirahman, who is the head of subcounty administrators and Joho’s director of political affairs.
The county legislators accuse him of being hired irregularly and drawing illegal salaries.
Last week MCAs impeached Tawfiq Balala, Joho’s ally and Transport executive.
Joho doesn’t want his executives to be distracted by answering questions from the assembly.
On Tuesday, the county assembly Labour committee is expected to give a statement on Abdirahman’s status and possible future.
They say the County Public Service Board did not approve his appointment.
“The CPSB showed us a letter in which they declined his appointment. Now it is a puzzle who appointed him,” an MCA privy to the goings-on was quoted by a local daily.
The county Labour committee, chaired by Mikindani MCA Renson Thoya, has been compiling evidence against Abdirahman.
The committee was to table findings of their investigation against him last Wednesday.
This did not happen, however, because they had not obtained crucial documents, including copies of Abdirahman’s payslips, which they had requested.
Khatri was not available because he was being questioned by Senate’s Devolution committee in Nairobi.
Deputy Speaker Fadhili Makarani said the Labour committee requested more time to table its report.