"In the financial year 2013/14, the County Secretary appointed five drivers, three personal assistants, two cooks and two gardeners to various job groups. (PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/ STANDARD)The county government lost Sh261 million within 11 months last year through illegal hiring of workers, a report has revealed. Findings of an ad hoc committee investigating recruitment of the county's workforce said four officers violated the law while hiring staff. "The officers met and the following day, all the deputy sub-county administrators had been appointed," said committee chairman Stephen Kihara, who tabled the report yesterday. The committee wondered how the officers were able to execute the tedious process of hiring in such a short time.

Source: Standard Digital June 29, 2016 20:37 UTC