A day after a fire has razed Isiolo market Malls and owners and residents bitterly complained about the lack of response from the county administration, the communications department released a statement lamenting about the sub-standard and faulty fire engine that the county showcased a week earlier. While the government did  not say how it will help those affected by the fire or whether they will be assisted to restart their businesses, the department said that the fire engine which is the only one in the county could not do the job. The statement read:

ISIOLO COUNTY GOVERNMENT

PRESS RELEASE

RE:OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE ABSENCE OF THE COUNTY FIRE ENGINE DURING YESTERDAY’S INFERNOR WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN ISIOLO CBD.

The public is hereby informed that the supplier for the delivery of fire engine delivered the truck on September 15th 2018.

THAT our department of procument found out that the fire engine had not fulfilled the required specifications and was taken back to fulfill those specifications

THAT the county government wishes to assure the public that the fire engine will be available soonest possible.

DIRECTORATE OF COMMUNICATION COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF ISIOLO.

Some residents were upset that the county purchase a sub-standard fire engine at an exorbitant price.