By Mercy Mueni
Workers at the Kitui County Textile Company are entering the seventh month without pay.
This comes as it emerged yesterday that the current government under Governor Julius Malombe may not have a budget for KICOTEC in his expenditure framework.
The development has triggered demands from staff that the Kitui governor comes clear over the day he will pay them.
Speaking with press in a condition of anonymity they said many were going hardship times since for the last six months they haven't gotten their dues.
"We are suffering in silence ,we cannot take care of our families,our rental houses are getting locked down since we are not paying,"said one of the work.
They urged the governor to move with speed and address their cries.
Considered one of Governor Charity Ngilu's flagship projects, KICOTEC cut a niche for its self in the Kenyan textile industry having bagged numerous tenders amongst them manufacturing uniform for the police and chiefs countrywide and several county enforcement apparel countrywide.
Its lack of funding from the county government now leaves the company starring at the brink of collapse and closure and its close to 3,000 youth rendered jobless.
