Governor Mwadime reassigns finance CCO in administrative shake-up

Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime when he appeared before the Senate at Bunge Towers, Nairobi on March 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime has moved Finance and Planning County Chief Officer Laban Kinyai to the Budget and Resource Mobilisation Department in the same capacity.

Kinyai has been replaced by a senior accountant, Mr Nganga, in an acting capacity pending his approval by the assembly.

The County Secretary (CS), Friday Mwafuga, termed the transfer as normal to help improve efficiency and service delivery in government.

"The governor has reorganised his administration depending on our new structure in the finance department. It has nothing to do with political interference, and the executive does not take orders to do their work from the assembly," stated Mr Mwafuga.

The CS said Kinyai has a good background in budget and resource mobilisation, hence, there was a need to take him there for efficiency and enhancement of the delivery of services to the public.

"There is a separation of powers in the two arms of the county government, and we cannot work on orders from the MCAs, whose work is to oversee the executive. We cannot be pushed or compelled by the assembly to make changes in government," Mwafuga declared.

"The MCAs have their work to oversee and to legislate. Ours is to implement executive development programmes," said the CS.