Trip comes as county
decries lack of money
By The Anchor Reporter
The entire top leadership of Machakos County is visiting Mombasa since Wednesday this week for a conference.
Governor Wavinya Ndeti together with her entire cabinet and 26 Chief Officers, advisors, top officials in the rank of Directors, the entire County Public Service Board, County Assembly leadership complete with close to 60 MCAs are on board.
No official communication has been issued about the purpose of the trip and attendant costs, but The Anchor established that the leaders would be returning home this weekend.
But today, Governor Ndeti posted an update on her Facebook handle detailing her remarks at the meeting but did not disclose that the team was in Mombasa.
The Assembly's Facebook page was also updated with a similar post but did not disclose that the leaders were on a retreat in the Coastal resort.
The visit comes days after the Council of Governors issued an ultimatum to the National Treasury to release cash to the devolved units or face closure for the 47 units.
The visit also comes after the county government announced levies to be paid by patients seeking treatment in all county hospitals, due to dwindling resources.
Governor Wavinya called on her ministers to work hand in hand with the respective County Assembly Committees to guarantee efficient service delivery to the residents of the county.
Describing the meeting as a 'sensitization Workshop' she said the leaders were taken through the procedures for developing and executing the CIDP/ADP as well as the budget making process.
She announced that the County had sealed all corruption loopholes, "leading to steady increase of our revenue collection".
"I called upon all respective County staff to be accountable for every coin spent from the County coffers", she posted.
