Nandi governor Stephen Sang has put axed county government employees on notice for any attempts of disrupting the county operations after he sent up to 1,800 home last week
Sang has warned that any attempts to disrupt the county operations will be regarded as a criminal office as he defended the county’s move of sacking the employees.
“We have started the process of implementing the report from the audit and those affected will be informed according to the laid down regulations.
The affected workers have earned an estimated Sh2 billion in the last six years, pushing the county wage bill to more than 75 per cent and leaving little resources for development.
Sang also disowned a document circulating that shows 1,800 employees will be affected.
“It’s not authentic. Staff personal information and data are protected and can not be shared outside the provisions of law,” the county boss said.
The axed workers have threatened to seek redress in the courts after the county declared their position reductants
The County Public Service board commenced overhaul of human resources last week, serving redundancy letters from Wednesday.
The affected employees, whose names had been entered into the county payroll procedurally, will not earn salaries starting this month.
The move follows a human resource audit by the Public Service Commission, which revealed a major payroll scam.
Hundreds of workers – mostly cronies and relatives of top county officials – were illegally issued with employment letters and their names entered into the payroll.