Mombasa county governor elect Abdulswamad Sharif Nassir has assured that his administration will factor the betterment of all county employees so as to ensure seamless service delivery.
Nassir said his administration will not discriminate against genuine employees hired by the previous county administration.
Speaking on Monday the governor elect also promised not to discriminate against employees who expressed different political ideologies in the just concluded governor elections.
Nassir said he will make employees get the desire to serve by checking on their welfare to motivate their morale saying employees are the engine of a government.
“We will not victimize someone based on their political ideologies, we will better the welfare of county employees by ensuring salaries are paid in time, this is the only way we can instill commitment and better service delivery to the people, “said Nassir.
He made the remarks during a consultative meeting with Chairpersons and C.E.O's of all the county public service boards in the country held at the Kenya school of government Mombasa (KSG).
“In my administration we will change the narrative of ‘Bora Kazi’ to ‘Kazi Bora’ in the country government of Mombasa, we want to employ constant training for employees,” said Nassir in reference to addressing the warfare of county employees.
The meeting brings together Chairpersons of all the 47 county public service boards who are converging to evaluate their capacities on matters of human resource within the devolved counties.
The governor who is set to be sworn in on Thursday 15, 2022 asked county public service boards to prioritize service delivery to the people without factoring political affiliations.
"We cannot have different ideas on how government services are delivered, it’s now times to say let bygones be bygones and put our heads together and deliver to the people,” said Nassir.
Nassir asked the service boards to offer the necessary support to new county governor's for a smooth delivery of service to the people.
"I am only asking you to support those elected governor's for a government to function properly,” said Nassir, adding that Mombasa has a huge burden of 47 percent of youth who are unemployed.
This happens as preparations to his wearing gain momentum at the Mama Ngina water front. The swearing-in committee led by Job Tumbo confirmed yesterday that all systems are set for the event.
“We have invited a host of guests including governors of the coastal region, we are anticipating that thousands of Kenyans will turn out to witness the event,” said Tumbo during an inspection tour at the facility.
