Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has faulted the state for temporarily terminating the contracts of the officers who served Rigathi Gachagua before his impeachment.[…]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE▶
A communique from the ODP Principal Administrative Secretary Patrick Mwangi indicated that 108 staffers who worked under Gachagua until his impeachment would embark on compulsory leave
and give their posts to other designated officers.
Mwangi attributed the development to the former deputy president’s impeachment and the constitutional process currently underway in the office of the deputy president.
Reacting to it, Salasya, who voted against Gachagua’s impeachment in the National Assembly, said the leave was unprocedural and unlawful.
According to the MP, the affected staff should have been retained until Gachagua’s contestations in court against his impeachment are resolved.
“They have taken his staff at home; that is not how the law works. We have to wait for the court mentions and how the courts will decide, the from their they can be sent home. The law must be followed,” said Salasya.
The lawmaker, while speaking at a funeral in Busia, accused President William Ruto of prioritising mundane matters when Kenyans want the country to be transformed.
According to him, the impeachment of Gachagua should not have been a priority, as seen in the two houses of parliament.
The MP outlined the challenges in such important sectors as health and education, which the government had supposedly shown a lukewarm approach to, but was overly active in the impeachment process.
“The way he (Ruto) rushed his MPs to impeach Gachagua, I would want to know which bills that benefit the common citizen they sponsored in such urgency. I voted against the impeachment because it was not of any importance to the country,” said Salasya.
Salasya’s comments followed those of former Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, who seemed to support compulsory leave.
While hinting at the mass forced leave Gachagua’s staff were placed on, Kuria, currently the chief of economic advisors at State House Nairobi, suggested their appointments bordered on nepotism.
Kuria revealed that 80% of those affected are natives of the Mathira constituency, where the deposed deputy president also comes from…CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>
