Homa Bay government will start engage employees who were erroneously affected by audit report, county secretary Bernard Muok has said.
The more than 140 employees have not been paid their salaries for three months.
This is after an audit report revealed that they were hire without documents.
Muok said his office has given the employees another chance to present their papers for vetting and scrutiny to determine whether they can be readmitted.
“There were different categories of people who were affected by the audit. We are calling them all to get their side of the story,” he said.
The county official said the complainants cannot be paid salaries until their issues and addressed.
Muok said their employment procedures are questionable.
“Let there be calm because we will listen to them. They will get time to defend themselves before appropriate action is taken,” he said.
On Tuesday, some employees from the county who were affected by a staff audit said they have not been paid their salaries for three months.
They said they have continued to offer services in their respective departments without pay.
Led by Duncan Odhiambo and Emily Kerubo, the workers said they have been reporting to work everyday since the audit report was released in August.
“I was told that my records are not with the county government but I have already presented them. I do no know why I still cannot be paid,” he said.
An audit by Price Water House Coopers revealed that Homa Bay had a total of 1, 786 ghost workers, who were earning up to Sh300 million annually.
“Most of us were taken through biometric verification when we presented our papers. Up to now we have not received any communication from the county government,” he said.
Kerubo, who is a revenue collection officer said life has become unbearable for many of them.
She said some of them had applied for loans from financial institutions to undertake some projects but cannot repay the loans.
“We risk losing all our property because we cannot pay the loans,” Kerubo said.