President Uhuru alongside Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho[Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Mombasa Governor, Ali Hassan Joho has dismissed President Uhuru Kenyatta over the remarks made on Tuesday at the Kongowea Market.President Kenyatta had asked the traders not to pay monies for services not rendered by the county government.The governor has however said that his government will still collect taxes from the market traders.Through the County’s Communication Director, Richard Chacha, Joho has said that the president has no authority to make such a declaration. He clarified that the markets were devolved.“Markets are devolved so no such order can be issued,” Chacha stated. According to Mr Chacha, the President was only to staging a war between himself and the ODM deputy party leaderMoreso ,he accused the head of state for using unfair means to lure Mombasa residents to vote in his favour in the repeat presidential election.