By Reporter
Employees of the county government of Kisumu will not be paid allowance for out of station assignment without approval from the office of the county secretary.
In a memo dated 5th December 2024 written to all employees and copied to the governor and the deputy governor captioned’ ” Re- Authority to travel out of the station”
Following the executive committee meeting held on 4th December 2024, it was resolved that the employees of the county government of Kisumu travelling out of the duty station must obtain approval before travelling.
This is to ensure smooth running of county offices.
”The purpose of this letter is to ensure the directive is strictly adhered to and by a copy of this letter, the chief officer of Finance, ICT services is instructed not to pay claims without supporting approval from this office,” wrote Hesborn Hongo, the county secretary.
The move came hot in the heel after the government was losing millions of shillings on claims by officers who had formed a habit of being out of the work station .
Sources told the writer that some employees had turned out of station claims as a money milking scheme and were raking huge claims.
” In Kisumu, employees were ever out of their work station in claims that they had gone to work out of the station. It was becoming very hard to get service at the county ” they said.c
Our sources revealed that some employees had formed habit of travelling to major towns every week with a view to making money and this had compromised service delivery at the county.
Hongo who was recently sworn in as county secretary last week read riot cat to the finance department and demanded accountability from them.
Hongo directed the officers to remain professional and that the government will crack whip on officers found to be engaged in unethical practices.
