Mombasa governor, Hassan Joho, has revealed the reason behind the sending away of bodyguards who were assigned to him last week.
After the government withdrew bodyguards attached to the controversial governor, Joho sent the new guards away despite calling for re-deployment.
According to him, the guards were not deployed in good faith as purported by the government.
Speaking in Mombasa on Tuesday, Joho said that the guards were sent in order to spy on him.
"I know they had sent those officers for two main reasons, to plant illegal weapons and contraband items in my house and to snoop around my affairs," said Joho.
Joho who was speaking during the launch of mass voter registration exercise, said that the officers were keen on tapping his conversations in the pretext of guarding him.
Many believe that Joho's troubles with Jubilee administration was due to his face off with President Uhuru, regarding a number of development projects in Mombasa. Joho had told President Uhuru Kenyatta not to take credit for the commissioning of development projects that were initiated by the grand coalition government.
The government has, however, denied any political inclinations to the withdrawal of the governor's security detail.