Seven senior officials of the Nandi county government may face the axe as part of recommendations by an ad hoc committee.
The ad hoc committee was formed by MCAs to probe financial Impropriety, incomplete projects and inefficiency, along with the causes of a bloated wage bill in the county.
It is chaired by Kapsabet Town MCA Benjamin Kerich, who is deputised by MCA for Kosirai, Sarah Mutwol.
The final report is expected to be tabled at the county assembly. The report has far-reaching recommendations including the impeachment of county executives found to have failed in their work and engaging in corruption.
The Star has established that three CECs have been recommended for removal from office, along with four chief officers in the administration of Governor Stephen Sang.
“We have finalised our report and we are tabling it this week. No need for too much speculation, instead let’s wait and see,” Kerich said on Sunday.
There were claims that some of those targeted tried to interfere with the final report through bribery and coercion.
There is tension amid reports that some residents may stage a siege at the county assembly to force the MCAs to impeach those negatively named in the report.
The committee looked into operations of all county departments and the status of all projects including cost implication, glaring errors in implementation and cost variations which affected some of the projects.
MCAs visited all major projects of interest to assess progress.
More than 50 top county officials, including executives and chief officers, were grilled as part of the probe, to establish claims of graft and failure to implement some key projects.
Among those grilled was the county public service board acting chairman Elisheba Arusei and county secretary Francis Sang.
The interviews were concluded two weeks ago.
The committee members thereafter retreated to Mombasa to prepare their report.
This is part of the ongoing implementation of a human resource audit report which led to the sacking of over 1,800 workers who had been hired irregularly.
Governor Stephen Sang ordered for the full implementation of the recommendations from the audit, which had revealed a massive payroll scam.
“The assembly has its mandate and we will wait to see the report,” Sang said yesterday. The county lost more than Sh2 billion through payments to workers who had been hired illegally.
“We are in the process of implementing the recommendations from the report and as I said, there is no turning back so that we redirect our resources to development,” Sang said.
After suspending several payroll
officers, there were fears the governor may dismiss some CECs once the
ad hoc committee report is tabled.
