Mombasa to begin work after trainig of staff

Mombasa town centre

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI

MOMBASA shall start operating formally after the appointment and induction of county officials. “We have not started any formal operations because the officers who are to work in the county assembly and other positions have not yet undergone the induction training,” said  interim county clerk Tubman Otieno.
Speaking to the Star on the phone, he said they need time to ensure that all the officers undergo initial training on county governance. The transition process is expected to take some time as the devolved government is a new system which requires staff to undergo special training.
Otieno said no specific time has been set for the county officials to formally begin their duties. Last week during a meeting with the governors in Naivasha, Finance minister Njeru Githae said Treasury is ready to disburse the county funds.
Githae said they are waiting for word from the Transition Authority. Mombasa and other counties may not be able to access the Sh9.8 billion due to the process of appointing the new county staffs.
Some Sh20 million has been released to each county to fund their running costs whereas the government has allocated Sh9.8 billion for county  operations between April and June.
However the Sh9.8 billion cannot be released to the counties until the executive committee is put into place.
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