The debate over misuse of county resources by staffs garnered momentum over the weekend with Kilifi leaders insisting that ongoing crackdown will not relent.
The leaders have now issued a stern warning to former senior county employees to forfeit property they stole from the county before they go for them.
Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro and Assembly speaker Teddy Mwambire said as leaders and working for the benefit of the people will not relent in the fight against corruption and misuse of government resources.
They spoke at Weru Vocational Technical Institute in Lango Baya area, Malindi Sub County during the home coming ceremony of Jilore ward Member of County Assembly Hamisi Jambo. During the event, they blamed Amason Kingi administration saying it was was full of corrupt officials.
On Friday, a county driver was arrested while using a county government drum road roller to do a road that had been given to a contractor in Tezo area in Kilifi North Sub County after members of the public raised an alarm.
“Those officers who have been using county tractors to do business with the county should stop because in our days as MCAs, the county tractors used to make roads not as a business but as a service to residents,” said Mwambire.
He added that business people were colluding with county employees to misuse county resources in the pretext of doing business with County.
“We don’t want to be blamed and I want to urge all those who stole from the County to surrender whatever they stole before we come for them. Some even stole vehicles from the county and we are giving them one week to surrender county properties,” added.
Mr Mung’aro said that he will not tire until all resources stolen from the County are recovered.
“We agreed that we shall work for you and we have started by arresting a county driver who was using a government tractor to do private business,” he said.
Mr. Jambo on his part assured residents that they will get proper services under the leadership of Gideon Mung’aro.
Youth leader Fikirini Jacobs and the chairman of Coast Development Authority (CDA) Phillip Charo called on all leaders to work together in order to serve residents better.
