Several women from Mavoko Sub County have dropped casual jobs after the county government failed to promptly pay them.
The women interviewed said they had dropped the job because the county government was reluctant to pay their wages.
Rachel Mwangi, one of the workers said they had not been paid their dues for the last four months.
She confirmed that most of her colleagues had dropped the job for small businesses as others sought jobs elsewhere.
Most of the women claimed they dropped the job because they were not able to meet their family obligations, including affording basic needs due to lack of pay.
Maurine Adhiambo who also quit the job two months ago said she left the job after her landlord locked her house for failure to pay three-month rent.
She said the county government had promised to promptly and effectively pay them when they were getting hired, promise she said it failed to meet.
The few women who are still at the job have called on the Machakos County Government to immediately intervene by promptly paying them their four-month arrears or else they down their tools.
They cautioned the government against its habit of paying them one month salaries after four months, they want all their arrears settled.
Attempts to reach the county government officials for their comments on the matter were not fruitful as phones of some of them went unanswered.