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Taita Taveta county Government is broke, says Governor Mwadime

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Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime at Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Integrity house, Nairobi, addressing the media on county issues on 16/05/2023 [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Taita-Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime has declared that his administration will undertake retrenchment and rationalization programmes to mitigate the ballooning and unsustainable wage bill.

The governor at the same time said his administration is financially broke and the bloated workforce has become unsustainable hence the need to downsize it for the region to realise meaningful development.

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