Puzzle As 2 Ministers Appoint Same Person for Different Gov’t Jobs
Puzzle As 2 Ministers Appoint Same Person for Different Gov’t Jobs: Two County Executive Committee (CEC) members in Mombasa County appointed the same person for positions in two separate boards.
In a Gazette notice, Swaleh Mwalizuma was appointed in two different departments, a hospital board and a water supply board.
His name first appears in the list of appointees by the County Executive Committee Member for Health as a member of the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital (CGTRH) Board for a period of three years, effective from September 20, 2024.
He was also appointed to be a member of the Board of Mombasa Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (MOWASSCO) over the same period.
It is unclear whether the double appearance of the name was an oversight or whether the person in question indeed landed two separate jobs.
In January 2024, there was a landmark ruling in the Nyeri Employment and Labour Court, which declared the double employment of a public officer unlawful.
The ruling was made after it was discovered that a lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology also worked as a part-time board member at Kirinyaga County Assembly Service Board between 2017 and 2022.
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