Governor Johnson Sakaja is scheduled to meet all employees of Nairobi City County government on Monday, August 29, 2022, at City Hall.
The meeting is the first official function by the governor since he assumed office on Thursday, as the new head of the county government after winning the August 9 general election.
A circular released on Friday by the County Secretary and Head of County Public Service, Dr. Jairus Musumba, says it is mandatory for all county employees to attend the meeting without fail.
“This is to notify all staff that His Excellency the Governor has scheduled a meeting with all Nairobi City County staff on Monday, August 29, 2022, at 7.00 am at the parking lot, City Hall buildings,” reads the circular.
“Please avail yourself for the meeting without fail”, added the circular seen on Friday by The Informer.
The agenda of the meeting is, however, not disclosed in the two-paragraph circular.
When contacted, Kenya County Government Workers Union’s Nairobi Staff Branch secretary, Festus Ngari, confirmed that the governor will indeed meet with all the county workers as indicated in the circular.
“Yes, I am confirming the meeting is on”, Ngari told The Informer in a brief statement. The workers’ Union was not in a position to divulge any details regarding the governor’s agenda for the meeting.
However, Ngari told The Informer the Union was desirous for the governor to address matters of job security, career progression, timely payment of salaries and other benefits.
The county government has a huge establishment to the tune of 14,000 employees.
Ngari said the Union would also expect governor Sakaja to address the workers’ Collective Bargaining Agreement and perennial concerns about handling staff grievances.
Hardly three days in office, Sakaja has hit the road running in a bid to actualise his heavy manifesto.
The governor has an enormous task ahead to effectively deliver services to the city residents.
Among them, unreliable tap water supply and lack of it in many suburbs, poor solid waste management and a chaotic commuter system in the city top the list of the services the governor must streamline.
In his campaign manifesto, Sakaja promised to decentralise public services in Nairobi from City Hall County headquarters to the 17 sub counties.