This archive report was first published on 18 September 2019.
City Hall's Sh11 million biometric registration exercise, launched on May 22, 2019, to weed out 'ghost workers' at the county government, has been ongoing for over three months.
However, the county government has been tight-lipped about the progress of the exercise, which was concluded on June 22, 2019.
According to Larry Wambua, City Hall Devolution executive, the exercise is still ongoing, but he refused to comment on its progress.
"The report is not out as we are still going on with the registration process," Wambua said on Tuesday.
But an official privy to the progress of the registration exercise revealed that the report is out, but its content is too sensitive to be made public.
"The report is damning as it has revealed that a particular community has almost 70 percent of employees at the county, with a good number of them past 55 years of age, some are even over 70 but are still in the county's payroll," the official said, seeking anonymity.
The registration exercise was aimed at helping Sonko's administration rein in ghost workers by capturing the bio-data of all 12,489 employees at the county.
City Hall is currently spending Sh1.1 billion every month in payment of salaries to its staff, having the third highest workforce after the national government and the police service.
