Immediate Mandera senator Billow Kerrow in a past event. He has warned governors against sacking employees. (Photo: citizentv.co.ke)Immediate Mandera senator Billow Kerrow has warned governors across the country against unlawful dismissal of county employees.
Kerrow says that newly elected governors must follow the law before firing or hiring new staff.
Addressing journalists in Mandera on Tuesday, Kerrow accused some governors of malice, alleging that they are firing employees to hire their own people.
“Governors must know that there are regulations pertaining to recruitment and dismissal of employees and they must adhere to the law as they take charge of their respective counties,” he said as quoted by the Standard.
The immediate Mandera senator urged employees who have been dismissed unfairly to seek court redress.
A section of newly elected governors have dismissed some of county employees, while other have send the employees on compulsory leave in what they term as a move to create room for audit of key departments.
Last week the Coutu secretary general Francis Atwoli warned governors against sacking employees.
He said that the union will fight for the rights of employees who have so far been dismissed by governors.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has also warned governors against illegal sackings.
PSC chairperson Margret Kobia says that governors have no rights to recruit or fire employees, adding that the function is supposed to be done by the county Public Service Boards (CPSB).