Kisii County Governor Arati carries out head count to county employee drivers, surprisingly out of 82 functional county vehicles, only 62 has log book
The Mt Kenya Times 
Kisii county governor Simba Arati counter checking driving licence to one of the drivers who was employed as a driver earning salary and yet he does not know how to drive/ Elizabeth Angira
By: Elizabeth Angira
Kisii county governor Simba Arati has carried out head count to all the employed county drivers.
This is after the county government realized that 256 drivers had been recruited against 82 functioning vehicles.
Some of those recruited had no known assigned work within the county.
Many vehicles had not been registered on comprehensive insurance cover despite records from the finance department showing so.
Speaking at Gusii stadium, the governor said that , the ghost workers have derailed the development of the county.
Arati said that out of 82 functioning vehicle, only 62 vehicles had genuine log books.
He cited that one of the county vehicle which was involved in a road accident at Daraja mbili market was repaired and the number plate was changed and now being owned by an individual.
“We cannot sit and witness, crooked deals taking place in the county, we have you generation coming, where do we expect they will lean into, let us be human beings,” he said.
Also at the same time, the former county regime has never renewed for the driver’s licence since 2014.
He said there are more ghost workers he will kick out of the county in a few weeks to come.
The drivers on their part on grievances they said that they have been sleeping in cars for lack of per diems when they take their seniors for work-related trips.
The governor said that he is not going to relent on drunkard driver to drive county vehicles recklessly to cause accidents.
It is said that millions of money has been misappropriated at the county.
He vowed that those who have been involved in corruption will face the law.
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