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Joho freezes employment as county adopts austerity measures

Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho, has frozen employment of workers saying the county has no money to pay more staff.

“I want to make it clear that my government will not hire anyone because we don’t have money to pay them. The county’s current wage bill is unattainable,” said Joho.

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