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Anxiety as county sends 350 workers home

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho.

Panic has hit the Mombasa County government after 350 workers in the inspectorate department were sent home following the expiry of their contracts.

The affected staff had contracts running between one and two years, according to county officials who told Saturday Standard that the former workers have since stopped reporting to work. They were, mostly, employed after the 2017 elections.

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