By Antynet Ford
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced the reshuffle of his cabinet re-assigning 11 County Chief Officers.
This is in accordance with Section 45(5) of the County Government Act 2012.
The changes which were effected yesterday have seen Godfrey Akumali taking over as the acting County Secretary, replacing Patrick Analo.
“I hereby make the following change: Godfrey Akumali is hereby appointed Acting County Secretary Patrick Analo Akivaga maintains his substantive position as Chief Officer Urban Planning and Development.” Sakaja announced in a statement.
According to Article 235 of the Kenyan Constitution county secretary is the head of the county public service.
Akumali was also moved from the Cooperative department to Social Services.
George Mutiso, who was in charge of Social Services was swapped with Akumali, taking over Cooperatives.
Geoffrey Mosiria, who previously was in charge of Health Facilities and was assigned to Environment.
Hibrahim Otieno was reshuffled from Environment to take over Health Facilities.
Tiras Njoroge was reshuffled from Smart Nairobi to Revenue Administration and Acting Chief Officer for ICT Infrastructure which was previously held by Chief Officer John Lintari.
Lintari will now be in charge of Economic Planning. Chief Officer Machel Waikenda who was in charge of Economic and Planning was transferred to Mobility.
Boniface Nyamu transitioned from Mobility to Business and Hustler Opportunities.
Zipporah Mwangi, who previously served as Chief Officer of Business and Hustler Opportunities, was moved to Public Participation, Citizen Engagement, and Customer Service.
Lydia Mathia was reassigned from Public Participation, Citizen Engagement, and Customer Service to Housing and Urban Renewal.
Wilson Gakuya who was the Chief officer for Revenue Administration was moved to Smart Nairobi.
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County chief officers are authorised to delegate power and are answerable to the county executive committee members in their respective dockets.
Their key functions include the day-to-day administration of departmental activities and the provision of strategic policy direction for effective service delivery within the departments they are assigned to.
They also implement policies and programmes within departments. While CECs are equivalent to Cabinet Secretaries in the national government, chief officers are equivalent to Principal Secretaries.
