Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir has announced that he is advertising for the positions of county executives including CECMs, cheif officers and the position of county secretary.

In a media brief at the governor's office on Sunday, Nassir said that the decision to advertise for the positions was informed by the need to ensure that Mombasa gets qualified individuals.

He also announced that he had set up three committees made up of professionals to help him vet and pick individuals to fill the positions advertised.

"The law allows me to pick individuals, but I found it wise to engage professionals to assist me pick the individuals to serve in my administration"

"I have already written to the county public service to immediately hire those who will be picked for chief officer positions as the rest face the assembly for vetting," said Nassir.

His announcement comes two months after he was sworn into office on September 15.

There were speculations that he had failed to announce his cabinet because of interference from powerful sources within and outside of the county. 

Nassir however refuted the reports saying that no individual or entity was interfering with his running of Mombasa.

"I have advertised these positions and will like to welcome those who feel they are qualified to apply regardless of political assertion, religion or ethnicity," he said.

Adding "Those are just rumours, there is no  single person who has tried that."

The committee to vet those applying for the county cabinet executives positions will be led by representative from Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry Mombasa chapter.

The committee will also have Mahmoud Noor and Ali Ahmed from the Finance Taskforce and will be joined by former Mombasa Law Society chairman Benjamin Njoroge.

Other members will include pastor Ibrahim Charo to represent the church, former chief Kadhi Sheikh Hammad Kassim to represent Muslims, and a representative from the Mombasa diaspora council.

Dr Wilfred Githinji, a don at Kemu will chair the committee to pick the new county secretary and will be joined by a representative from KNCCI Mombasa.

Others will be Oscar Juma from the  Institute of Certified Public Accountants Kenya (ICPAK), Mwinyi Bwika from LSK and a representative from the county government workers union.

Nassir said that the process of picking the individuals to serve in the positions will be done in ten days time beginning Monday.

 The CECM positions to be filled include Lands, Housing and Urban Planning, Water Natural Resources and Climate change resilience, Environment and solid waste management, Transport and infrastructure..

Others will be, Health, Finance and economic planning, Blue economy, agriculture and Livestock, Public service administration, youth gender and sports and Tourism, culture and trade department.

Positions for Chief officers will include a chief officer in Policy and planning, Governance, Tourism culture and trade, Blue economy agriculture and livestock and Youth gender and social services.

Others will be Public service administration, Education and digital transformation, Lands housing and urban planning, Water and sanitation, Renewable energy natural resources and climate change resilience, Environment and solid waste management, Transport and infrastructure, public health and disease prevention, clinical services and finance and economic planning.