Migori county has been losing Sh60 million annually to ghost workers and discrepancy in the payroll, an audit has revealed.
The Institute of Human Resource Management was contracted by the county to audit the workforce, a report which was handed over to Governor Ochillo Ayacko on Friday in Migori town.
The audit on the payroll showed a disparity of Sh120 million in a month and another ballooning to more than Sh200 million.
“This will be the first step towards service delivery and giving our mandate and pledges to the people which was to streamline and seal corruption loopholes,” the governor said.
Ayacko said after taking over office from his predecessor Okoth Obado, who served for the past decade the number of casuals were 427, but the audit has revealed a total of 1,034 with 607 not accounted for.
“We had ghosts who were entrusted with our revenues and they did not have incentive to hand over what they collected,” he said.
Workers in a similar job group were earning different salaries with a discrepancy of more than Sh300,000, with some employed without the due process of competitive advertising and interviews.
“Some were employed with a budget and in positions which don’t exist even in our jurisdiction as a county government [and] areas which needed staff were left pending,” he said.
“The audit will show were the ghost worked, who were their supervisors and put in place those who will be prudent with tax payers money.
“We will know where they worked, who supervised them and heads will roll.” he said.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
