More than 4,900 Uasin Gishu county employees will benefit from better terms and conditions of service to motivate them for improved service delivery to residents.
County executive for public service management Elijah Kosgey said the county will ensure delayed promotions for the employees are implemented as soon as possible.
He said Governor Jonathan Bii is committed to working with the employees to help him deliver on his Nguzo Kumi (ten point) development agenda for the county.
Kosgey revealed this during an interview at his office on Friday, he also they had set aside money to implement the delayed promotions.
“For a long time there were no promotions given to our employees because of lack of resources but our governor has directed that we implement the promotions which by law we are required to be undertaken every three years," Kosgey said.
He said the governor values the input of the employees and the county would ensure that they are motivated through training programmes and recognition in the various areas where they are deployed.
“As we work to motivate the workers we have asked them to work with dedication and diligently serve the people of Uasin Gishu. They have to report to work as required and stay on duty until 5pm when offices close," Kosgey said.
He said although the county wage bill was well over 40 per cent which is higher than the required 35 per cent of the annual budget, the county was working to increase its own source revenue to help bring down the wage bill.
The executive said the county had the potential to collect upto Sh4 billion own source revenue but last year it collected more than Sh985 million which was below the targets.
“This year we are targeting to get at least Sh1.4 Billion as we work to maximise on the sources we have and we can only achieve that if we have a dedicated workforce," Kosgey said.
He said the county was in the process of putting up a new modern market that will also help to raise the own source revenue. The seven storey building for the market will accommodate more than 10,000 traders.
Kosgey said they were also in the process of automating all revenue collections in a move to stop wastage and also make it possible for residents to pay the county fees and charges.
