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All eyes on Nelson Marwa’s leadership style as another top official transferred

Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa addressing the press during a meeting at his boardroom in Mombasa County on Wednesday 17th August 2016. [Photo/Kelvin Karani/Standard]

The transfer of two senior officers in a span of a few months have put Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa’s leadership style into focus.

Early last week, Mombasa County Commissioner Maalim Mohamed was transferred to Kisumu, hardly three months after reporting from Bungoma. Although he described his removal as “a normal transfer because as a civil servant we are required to work in all parts of Kenya,” Maalim’s transfer had been a matter of speculation for weeks.

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