Governor Patrick Khaemba. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Trans Nzoia Deputy Governor Stanley Tarus has said the county will sack some finance department staff after a massive drop in revenue collection.
This is after revenue collection in the county dropped by 70 percent, from Sh600 million to Sh200 million annually.
Tarus said a reshuffle will be carried out as part of efforts to improve revenue collection and "lazy workers will be fired".
"We have given revenue staff two months to ensure that they meet their collection targets or they will be fired. They must shape up or ship out,” Tarus said on Friday, as quoted by The Star.
He added, "If residents of Trans Nzoia are paying revenue and a few staff mess up with it then that is unacceptable.”
The deputy governor was speaking during a meeting with county revenue staff.