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Nakuru county faulted for engaging casual employees without approval of public service board

The office of the governor in Nakuru city.

Photo credit: FILE

By  JOSEPH OPENDA

Correspondent

Mtaa Wangu

Nakuru county is on the spot for illegally engaging casual employees for extended periods of time without offering them employment contracts.

The report from the Auditor General has revealed that the county administration spent Sh 2 million on payment of 20 casual employees who it engaged for a period beyond three months in the financial year 2023/24.

The report reveals that various departments within the County Executive maintained casual workers for long periods without the approvals from the County Public Service Boards (CPSB), as required by law.

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Section 37 (1)(b) of the Employment Act provides that casual employees should be given term contracts after three months. This will allow them to receive monthly wages and salaries.

The report however, found the county to have breached this law by failing to give the casuals term contracts, despite them performing work that requires a long time to be completed.

“A review of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) payment for the year under review revealed payments amounting to Sh 2,151, 518 paid to 20 casual employees for a period exceeding three months during the year under review,” states the report.

The revelations come at a time when the county has been facing accusations of frustrating its employees.

Some of the employees are said to have gone for months without their salaries with allegations that some senior officials are holding the cash for unknown reasons.

Some of the employees have been pushed to resign while others threaten to do so.

At some point the county was forced to convene a crisis meeting in a bid to iron out the matter.  

Interestingly the report revealed that the county has been flagged for keeping employees beyond retirement age.

According to the report, 77 officers who drew salaries amounting to Sh 36.2 million during the year under review were still in service, despite attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years.