The embattled Kisumu City Manager
Doris Ombara’s woes continue to deepen after the out of contract county
secretary Humphrey Nakitare sent her on a 10 day forced leave pending further
review of her case after she was accused of acting in violation of the law.
Ombara had reported to work on
Thursday 31st March 2016 to assume her new role as the director of
Lake Front Development and Urban Renewal only to be told that there is no
office space for her, no job description or even terms of reference.
“Like i said before my transfer from
the docket of city manager was engineered by powerful cartels in the governor’s
office that are keen to control the 4 Billion AFD money. How do you explain a
situation where signatories to an account that is being run from Paris are
changed with just a ministerial directive without following the due process’’
said lamented.
She revealed that her deputy who had replaced
her as the city manager has since been made a major signatory to the KUP
accounts a process that can only be executed at the AFD headquarters in Paris
France.
“The county executive committee
member in charge of finance issued a directive acting on behalf the governor requesting AFD to replace me as
the main signatory on claims that i had voluntarily stepped aside as the city
manager’’ Ombara revealed.
She accused Nakitare of trying to
divert public attention from this matter by calling for disciplinary action
against her on claims that she incited the female MCAs to demonstrate.
“I have a valid 5 year contract as the
city manager of Kisumu and if they think they can just wake up to such daring
impunity then i want to assure them that i will seek legal
interpretation on the same” Ombara threatened.
Ombara revealed that the AFD loan to
kisumu will be paid back with accrued interests thus it should be well safe
guarded to achieve the intended purpose.
“As a region we have always lamented
about being marginalized by the National government and an opportunity had arisen
through KUP to give this city a face lift, why not take advantage of this and
change the lives of our people instead of being selfish and fight for tenders’’
she decried.
She confirmed that main reason why cartels
at the governor’s office are frustrating her is because she cancelled tenders
that were awarded to their cronies who were busy chasing for payments even
before completing the projects.
“That was pure conflict of interest,
we cannot have the same staff of KUP installing lights and building schools
contrary to procurement laws” she said.
She urged the residents of kisumu to
stand up and start asking hard questions on the dubious spending by the
governor and where he gets the money to frequently fly out of the country even
on private trips.
She revealed that end of this week, a
contractor that was fronted by an aide to the governor will paid 200 Million
yet he has not even done half of the work given.
ENDS.
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