Hundreds of employees have protested the move by the County Government of Nakuru to merge two water companies.
This is after the Public Investment and Accounts committee tabled a report at the Nakuru County Assembly claiming that the two entities are underperforming.
In the report, the committee recommended a merger of the two water utilities in the county in a bid to improve service delivery.
The decision by the committee recommending for a merger of the water companies has not been received in good spirits by the 200 employees from the Nakuru Water and Sewerage Company.
The employees allied to the County Government Workers Union through the Union`s Chairman, Zephania Nyambane said that many will lose their jobs if the companies are merged.
While accusing the Committee of misinformation and witch hunt, Nyambane dismissed the report claiming that the two companies were making losses.
Speaking on Wednesday to reporters at the NAWASCO offices, Nyambane said audited books of accounts as at May 2019 paints a different picture revealing no loss and the companies are operating efficiently.
“Last week, it was established that NAWASCO and Nakuru Rural Water and Sewerage (NARUWASCO) Companies were operating at losses amounting to billions of shillings annually despite adequate rate payer funding.”
“The report by the committee does not reflect facts about efficiency and viability as is documented on audited books of accounts,” said the Union’s chairman.
Nyambane urged Governor Lee Kinyanjui to ensure that over Sh300 million pending bills are cleared for operations to run smoothly.