Parastatals conduct fresh headcount to rein in ‘ghost workers’

The National Treasury building in Nairobi.  

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The government has ordered a fresh headcount of workers in parastatals in another attempt to weed out “ghost workers” from the national payroll amid pressure to deal with the wage bill crisis.

In a letter to all State corporations dated May 28, State Corporations Advisory Committee secretary Simon Indimuli ordered the institution heads to ‘urgently’ submit an inventory of their staff by the close of business on Friday.

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