Immediate former Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and current Governor Lee Kinyanjui during swearing in Ceremony on August 2017. [the-star.co.ke]
Nakuru county illegally hired staff during Governor Kinuthia Mbugua's tenure, the 2015/16 report by the Auditor General has revealed.
The report indicated "glaring irregularities" in the recruitment of ward administrators and personal records of officers in job group N.
The report also stated the payroll was irregular and that it caused the wage bill to rise to Sh17,219,112.
The auditor general further reported the public service board neither developed nor adopted a scheme to guide recruitment and placement of staff into various job groups.
The Auditor report reveals that county has 55 wards yet 90 administrators were recruited and only 55 found deployable.
The document indicated the PSB required officers with certain levels of academic qualification but most of those in group N were fresh college graduates without experience.
It is said that some officers were engaged without having necessary academic qualification. Some of the files examined had no evidence that applicants were working in places mentioned in their respective Curriculum Vitaes.The audit of the County's payroll showed 52 officers under job group H despite lack of budgetary provisions and cabinet approval.The report also reveals that there was no advertisement, shortlisting nor interviews were conducted to fill the positions.
The report showed the county did not present any authority or communication instructing the payroll officer to include the workers.