Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma has defended his move to conduct a mini reshuffle in his cabinet which saw some County Executive Committee members sacked.
The move also saw new faces joining the county government.
Speaking on Sunday during a fundraiser at Nyahera in Kisumu West constituency, the governor said that the mini reshuffle was aimed at improving the service delivery in Kisumu.
He accused the sacked county executive members for being responsible for the slow progress of development agendas in the county saying that that is what caused their sacking.
“When I formed the first government of Kisumu, I indicated that my government’s structure was to ensure service delivery and also to strengthen our development agendas in line with our manifesto. I gave county executives the power to deliver to the people of Kisumu and help me fulfil my mandate to our residents,” he said.
The governor added, “For instance, Rhoda Ahonobadha has been doing nothing in the Environment docket for the last two years, Eng.Vincent Kodera who was in charge of roads has been awarding contracts to those who conduct poor roads constructions with Agriculture’s Dr Stephen Orot doing completely nothing in his docket.”
Ranguma said that when there is no development in Kisumu, all the blames is heaped on him me and that is why he had to let some people go.
He posed, “Do you expect me to let them continue working when the only thing they are doing is tainting my image? Enough is enough and that is why they had to pave way for other Kisumu residents to deliver.”