More than 5,000 employees have been targeted in the biometric registration of civil servants in Kisii County which was launched yesterday.
Kisii County Governor James Ongwae started the exercise at Culture Hall in Kisii town where he underwent the exercise.
He noted the importance of the exercise saying it was meant to realign the civil service for better service delivery.
The County Commissioner, Chege Mwangi, said the exercise would help identify areas where there were deficits and the need for retraining.
Retraining, he said, would help prevent retrenchment as all civil servants would have relevant skills for their jobs.
Ongwae noted that about 400 officers were found to have been receiving their pay irregularly during an earlier rationalisation of the county civil servants, when he immediately took over.
He urged all public servants to support the exercise, saying it was the only tool that would identify those who had retired but were still on pay roll, those that have moved elsewhere and any other ghost workers.
The governor urged staff members on casual basis and those not on the pay rolls at the county government not to worry, saying their data would be captured in a different capacity.
Ongwae explained there were 6,000 public servants in the county, making the county one with the largest staff members of which 1,000 were of the national government.
He said the county had one of the highest population, 1.3 million people, hence calling for a big number of officers to serve in various capacities.