4215 GHOST WORKERS

City Hall has sacked 182 workers who failed to show up for a staff headcount conducted in February by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

According to the audit report released Thursday, the council has 4215 questionable employees who risk losing their jobs.

It was also discovered that City Hall was paying salaries to 15 dead people.

The Council picked the consultancy firm to audit its roll of staff in order to develop a new structure for the organization.

Town Clerk Philip Kisia has consequently directed the Human Resource department to verify the status of the said workers in two weeks time or be struck off the pay roll.

The figure also includes 3026 members of staff who refused to take up the free medical cover provided for the staff.

Kisia said 307 members had suspect appointment letters, while 46 had suspect university degrees.

Kisia said after the Human resource verifies the status of the affected workers, the council will save up to 60 million shillings.

The PwC audit was expected to help weed out ghost workers and to identify top talent, especially engineers, planners and financial experts, who will fit in the lean but efficient organizational structure of City Hall.

Employees were required to produce identification documents, letter of employment and academic and professional qualification certificates to confirm their contractual relationship with City Hall.

They were also required to present their latest pay slips, birth certificates, NSSF and NHIF cards and two passport sized photos.

The council has also regularly featured in the list of Kenya's most corrupt institutions.

City Hall has been in the spotlight for maintaining a bloated workforce and corruption.

Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa has in the past said the council loses more than Sh150 million monthly to ghost workers.