Matiang'i reshuffles county commissioners, regional coordinators

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has redeployed regional coordinators andcounty commissionersacross all 47 counties. Matiang'i said the reshuffle was done after consultations with President Uhuru Kenyatta. "Following close consultations with the president, and in the interest of enhancing service delivery and strengthening security, I have made the following deployments and transfers," Matiangi said.

by EMMANUEL WANJALA @RambsNabiswa

Health18 January 2019 - 06:31

Interior CS Fred Matiangi speaking at the Kenya School of Government on October 23, 2017. /JOSEPH NDUNDA

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has redeployed regional coordinators and

county commissioners

across all 47 counties.

Matiang'i said the reshuffle was done after consultations with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

"Following close consultations with the president, and in the interest of enhancing service delivery and strengthening security, I have made the following deployments and transfers," Matiangi said.

The changes are the first to be effected by the CS

since he took the full charge of the Interior docket.

In the changes,

former Nairobi county commissioner Bernard Leparmarai has been deployed to be the Coast regional coordinator.

Former Busia county commissioner Mongo Chimwaga has been moved to Rift Valley while Central regional Commissioner

Ann Ngetich takes over the Western region.

Moffat Kangi has been moved from Narok County to Nyanza region while William K Thuka is the new regional commissioner in Nairobi.

Nyanza regional coordinator

Wilson Njenga has been moved to Central while

Eastern regional coordinator Wycliffe Ogallo has retained his position.

North Eastern regional coodinator Muhamud Saleh has also been retained in the region.