This archive report was first published on 25 July 2019.
The county government has allocated Sh150 million to pay retiring employees during the 2019/2020 financial year, which was passed by the county assembly on Tuesday.
According to the budget, an additional Sh95 million will be spent on hiring new workers to replace the retirees and staff under-manned departments in a bid to improve service delivery.
County Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman Joel Karuri said the recruitment drive is necessary to replace staff who will exit through natural attrition.
“Most of the departments at the county government will this year see a good number of staff exits through natural attrition. This calls for immediate recruitment of replacements to improve service delivery,” said Mr Karuri.
The Health department, which will lose the largest number of staff, has been allocated Sh97.6 million to pay for the exits.
Seven sub-county administrators will be hired at a cost of Sh14 million to replace those redeployed to different positions in the county government.
Members of the county assembly also lauded a decision to allocate Sh7.5 million to hire ten engineers, saying they would ensure that projects were implemented within stipulated timelines.
“We have a rollover of ongoing projects amounting to Sh5.3 billion. Lack of engineers to calculate the bill of quantities has been a major setback and this justifies their recruitment,” said Implementation Committee chair George Kiere.
