Protests that had been planned by Athi River Member of County Assembly Michael Mutua yesterday aborted after police beefed up security in the town.
This was confirmed by Mutua who had vowed to mobilise residents of his ward to protest against laying off of Mavoko Sub County workers yesterday.
"We will not relent In fighting to ensure that the laid off workers are not sent home but absorbed in the current transition process for effective service delivery and better their terms and conditions of work," said Mutua.
The sub county administrator Moses Muthuri announced that their were no more casual workers in Mavoko stating that they were in the process of hiring new ones on contract.
Speaking to HiviSasa.com Mutua revealed that his office had convened several meetings with various stakeholders in the region between Wednesday and Thursday this week to organise serious demonstration against the move but in vain.
"We have conducted several meetings since Wednesday, planning for serious demonstration initially scheduled for today only for security to be beefed to counter the move," he said.
Mutua said that tension was high in Athi River and vowed that he would push on with his strategies to make sure the intended demonstration takes place as a way of expressing the residents' lack of confidence in the Machakos County Government.
The affected workers are 80 casuals who had been working at the sub county's Solid Waste management department who allegedly downed their tools over delays in payment of wages for three months.