Pressure is mounting on Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo over her decision to retain Nelson Alfayo as NG-CDF Fund Manager, with activists and a civil rights lobby group questioning his track record and calling for his immediate removal from office amid claims of misconduct linked to several constituencies where he previously served.
Alfayo has in the past been removed from office in four separate constituencies over claims of corruption and mismanagement of CDF funds, beginning in Matuga Sub-County where he was sent away during the tenure of MP Kassim Tandaza before moving to Malindi and later exiting after disputes over the handling of public funds under then area MP Amina Mnyazi.
He later took up a posting in Kilifi North under MP Owen Baya, where he served for eight months before his tenure was cut short following claims that Ksh 1 million had been siphoned and channeled toward political mobilization activities in Nyali, after which he relocated to Kitui South Sub-County and left three months later following claims that sub-county CDF resources had been diverted to support his private foundation.
At the centre of the latest dispute is his continued stay in Suba North, where activists argue that his political ambitions in Nyali Constituency, Mombasa County, compromise the neutrality required of a public officer managing NG-CDF funds, as he runs the Nelson Alfayo Foundation while preparing a bid for the Nyali parliamentary seat.
Activists in Mombasa, led by MUHURI program officer Francis Ouma, have written to the NG-CDF Board seeking investigations into his conduct, stating that public funds must never be used to advance personal political interests.
The civil rights lobby group Concern Citizens has formally petitioned the NG-CDF Board, urging disciplinary action against Alfayo and accusing him of violating constitutional standards expected of public servants by using his official position to influence voters in Nyali, conduct they say breaches the code governing public officers and the legal requirement for neutrality in political contests.
In a letter signed by Convener Bradley Ouna and addressed to the NG-CDF Chief Executive Officer, the group warns that it is prepared to move to court should the official fail to cease political activity tied to his position within the fund.
The petition goes further, outlining claims from local sources in Nyali that link Alfayo to corruption, money laundering and the sponsorship of criminal elements, with claims that he maneuvered through previous postings while evading accountability over earlier disputes related to bursary funds in Malindi which critics say were redirected to advance political ambitions in Nyali.
It also references reports from members of the community who accuse him of inappropriate conduct, with one woman claiming to hold chat records in which the official sought a relationship while suggesting financial inducements, while other sources link him to groups of panga-wielding youths said to have caused unrest in parts of Nyali during the festive season, an incident that reportedly led to the arrest of an associate identified as Samuel Ogoye following a robbery case reported to Nyali police.
Concern Citizens, which anchors its advocacy on Article 43 of the Constitution and frames its campaign as a push for accountability and social justice, has copied its petition to the Commission on Administrative Justice and maintains that it will continue pursuing both legal and public channels until the NG-CDF Board takes action regarding the matter.
