By Anchor Reporter
DETAILS are emerging on the exact reasons that led to the suspension of the Machakos County Assembly Clerk Mr Joseph Mutisya.
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| Mr Mutisya, the Suspended Assembly Clerk |
It now transpires that Mr Mutisya obtained a loan of Kes 100m to fund loans for MCAs at a commercial rate from a local bank without authority of the County Assembly of Machakos. How the banks acceded to the request deepens the mystery even further, exposing the downsides of devolution.
Informed sources say top authorities from the County Government of Machakos instructed Mr Mutisya to obtain the loan and assuage pressure from the MCAs on the County Executive.
A source that is privy to the matters boiling at the assembly says Mr Mutisya went blindly to obtain the loan, even without any written instruction from the County Executive. The County Executive is reported to have denied ever giving such instructions. The events are the climax of illicit connivance between individuals within the two arms of government in Machakos County and are likely to split the MCAs down the middle.
" His most grave mistake to failing to seek concurrence with the County Assembly Service Board before executing the directive of the County Executive- begging the question- Whose interest does he serve" said the source, who pleaded to remain anonymous.
Mr Mutisya is also accused of procuring insurance for the Assembly assets and fleet of vehicles including the Speaker's limousine on Third Party General Insurance- instead of a Comprehensive Cover. This means that his actions put at a huge risk not just the buildings but indeed the human resource, including over 60 MCAs who serve the County Assembly.
Worse still, the assembly's procurement office was not consulted over the insurance acquisition and neither was the Service Board's concurrence sought before it was effected. Questions are flying around as to how the previous comprehensive cover lapsed without action being taken on time to renew it.
Mr Mutisya was sent home last week after a session of the Assembly Service Board meeting that gave him a 14 day notice show cause why he should not be summarily dismissed.
He was accused of incompetence, inaction in implementing Assembly resolutions and altering Assembly Legislation. He is alleged to have been making the alterations in collaboration with the Finance Department of the County Government of Machakos- to an extend that he acted as if he was the assembly itself.
Mr Dennis Mutui, the Deputy Clerk for Legislative Affairs was appointed to act as Assembly Clerk.
