Kakamega Ward reps push for impeachment of sports executive

"Mr Mandela has used his powers to hire people for Kazi Mashinani who never applied for the job. They have found themselves on the final list at the expense of genuine deserving applicants," said Kwoma in his petition.

The petition further reads: "He has further directed the recruits to work for one year again contravening the Kakamega Women and Youths Empowerment Act 2018 and directed the same people to start working without any formal contract and appointment letters."

Mr Kwoma has also accused Mandela of 'not having respect for the MCAs and County staff' by dealing with them in a manner that does not depict the conduct of a public officer.

"He has on many occasions abused MCAs, fellow Cecms, chief officers and even had a physical fight with an honorable member in the presence of the Deputy Governor Ayub Savula, thereby demeaning the stature of the office he holds," states Kwoma in his motion.

The Chekalini ward rep is also accusing the official of having a 'toxic relationship' with his junior staff thereby affecting service delivery.

"Mr Mandela has contravened section 59 of the County Governments Act 2012 by employing people as secretariat, Kazi Mashinani coordinators and recently advertised vacancies for 210 county marshals," the motion reads in part.

It continues: "Mr Mandela has assumed the powers he does not wield since the establishment of offices is done by the county public service board. Recruitment of staff is a preserve of the County Public Service Board."

He accused him of employing former ward rep Lazarus Lucheveleli as coordinator of Malava sub-county.

According to the ward rep, Mr Mandela is yet to fully roll out the Kazi Mashinani program despite budgetary allocations for the same and those who have started working do not have uniforms, working equipment and protective gear.

"We have a water-tight case against him and have already hit the minimum threshold of filing an impeachment, 45 MCAs have appended their signatures in support of the motion," said Kwoma in an interview

He went on: "The minister said that he is more schooled than me and will just buy me. I want to see how much money he will come with to bribe me and then see how far the impeachment motion will go. I will lay bare the facts on how he has embezzled funds through dubious programmes,"