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| Rabai Mp, William Kamoti (left) and Kilifi governor Amason Kingi during the home coming party at mwanjama grounds |
Rabai
member of parliament, William Kamoti, has protested a move to have sub county
and ward administrators work from anywhere in the Kilifi county.
According
to the legislature, these posts were political post and those employed in
various region should have a vast knowledge of the area and the people living
in the locality.
Speaking
at Rabai during the home coming party of Ruruma ward representative, Naphtali
Kombo, at Mwanjama grounds, Kamoti downplayed governor Kingi’s idea to have
those qualified to be distributed regardless of their home location.
“yes we
are all one from the same counties but ward and sub counties administrator
should work close with their respective county rep and Mps, if you get a person
from Magarini to work in Ruruma he/she might not be conversant with what is
happening and might take long to catch up.” Said Kamoti.
Speaking
during the same function, Kilifi county governor, Amason Kingi, said the idea
was to mix the communities living within the county to reduce the impact of
tribal differences.
According
to the governor, the intention was to have each community to appreciate the
other as they work towards improving the living standards in the county.
“All that are
will be employed may come from Rabai constituency but not necessary for them to
work within, we should not view people by their tribe as we are all Kilifian.”
Said Kingi.
However
kamoti expressed dissatisfaction in the manner in which the county employment
board had treated the employment process of filling posts in the county
government sitting discrimination of some communities living in Kilifi.
According
to the Rabai Mp, despite the need to have qualified person to work in the
county government, the governor has to cheap inn whenever things are wrong.
“We
understand to board is independent but they are there because you were elected
so its not enough to say opportunities will be distributed equally while not
the case in reality. We also have information that those who were
shortlisted in the administrator positions there is no one from Rabai who was
interviewed and those responsible did their own calculations to suit their
interests.” Claimed Kamoti
At the
same time, Ruruma ward county rep. Naphtali Kombo, called on the locals to work
closely with leaders to give room for development at the grass root level.
Addressing
locals at Rabai, he stressed on the need to shy away from divisive politics and
focus on development projects geared towards uplifting the living standards of
the local citizens.
“ you
voted in new system of governance that was meant to foster development across
the country equally, unfortunately we were all new in the system and used
almost the whole of last year in seminars to learn more, now it’s time for all
of us to work together to achieve our goal.” Advised Kombo
