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Representatives from Mombasa sub counties call for dissolution of Mombasa county assembly

Mary Oyier Chair of "Operation Fagia Bunge" File photo
By Peter Kombe

Representatives drawn from the six sub counties within Mombasa County have stated procedures to dissolve Mombasa county assembly alleging incompetence of the members of county assembly.

The move dubbed ‘Operation Fagia Bunge” is geared towards suspending and or dissolving the Mombasa county assembly.

“We are representatives drawn from all the sub counties in Mombasa County. We are here to express our displeasure to the Mombasa county assembly. Enough is enough” Kalinga the spokesperson of the group said

Addressing the media in Mombasa on Wednesday Mary Oyier Chairperson of the joint movement accused the MCAs on claims of having failed to deliver to their electorates

Oyier says instead of the MCAs focusing on the mandates vested to them by the electorates they are busy peeping into the affairs of the county executives.

“These MCAs have failed to deliver. They always at loggerheads with the county government. In fact they have been pushing on for the removal of some of the county executives, the like of Mombasa CeC in charge of transport

Oyier said further noted that recently 36 out of the 39 MCAs voted in a motion to remove a section of Mombasa county executives in charge of transport Tawfiq Balala.

The One Nation Under God (ONUG) activist lauded efforts by the county government to improve the infrastructural frame work.

“We know that the county government is trying in its effort to address the challenges facing the county. These efforts however are being watered down by our county assembly members” she claimed

The human rights defender accused the MCAs of being at constant loggerheads the top county officials and even calling on the impeachment of a section of the top county officials.

She says they have failed to pass motions that will benefit the public.

“We shall not sit down and wait. If they have failed to deliver it is high time they go home. They have been in feuds with Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho” she explained

Oyier added that Operation Fagia Bunge is intending to hold a mother of a march slated for March 12 geared at collecting over 200,000 signatures from locals in order to dissolve the county assembly.

She says “we shall be here on March 12 to collect over 200,000 thousand signatures from the public to vote the county assembly out”

Meanwhile, Operation Fagia Bunge spokesperson Mghandi Kalinga is accusing the MCAs on claims of threatening the normal operation of the county government.

Kalinga argues that the MCAs are busy accumulating public wealth for their own gain.

“They have been intimidating and threatening some of the county executives. We cannot sit back and wait. Enough is enough”

He said the MCAs are receiving a lump sum of money of not less than ksh 0.5 million as travel allowance and a further ksh 140,000 from the county government as office rental allowance.

“We have all the evidence our MCAs pocket good money when they travel over 0.5 million. While the county government allocates them with ksh 140,000 as office rent. We don’t have any office in any of the sub counties” he stated

Late last week, Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan slammed a section of the MCAs saying he is ready to take home non performing MCAs.

He urged them to concentrate on delivering services to the electorates.

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