Ghost workers are non-existent employees who are listed on payrolls, resulting in substantial financial losses due to fraudulent salary payments. Kenya has a problem of ghost workers paid hundreds of millions of shillings thereby inflating the wage bill. We are working on rolling out a unified payroll system because we have our fears too,” he said. Radical measuresThe development follows a Cabinet meeting in September which resolved to implement radical measures aimed at weeding out ghost workers in government. Murang’a revealed it had lost Sh977.8 million to ghost workers, followed by Nyandarua (Sh404.4 million), Migori (Sh300 million) and Vihiga (Sh130.7 million).

Source: Daily Nation October 13, 2024 15:02 UTC