Kisii County Kicks Off Verification Of County Employees Academia Credentials
The Mt Kenya Times 
Kisii County governor Simba Arati during the conclusion of the Human Resources Audit for the Kisii county service photo credit/Elizabeth Angira
By Elizabethn Angira
Worth Noting:
- The governor said that the exercise is not a witch hunt but an effort by the County Government to rationalize its workforce by identifying the actual number of employees and; ensuring nobody draws salary without working.
- According to Arati when he assumed office, just over 60 days ago, he inherited a county with a bloated wage bill, which has reduced the budgetary allocation on development expenditure.
- Previous audit reports have recommended that we put in place measures to rationalize our wage bill to acceptable levels and this is why we have decided to carry out this human resource audit.
- Mr Arati cited that to ensure the exercise is fair and transparent, they invited experts who will analyze the data availed to them and give us a report.
Kisii county government has started verification of certificates of county employees in conjunction with the Kenya National Examination Council.
The exercise would also probe academic evaluations, shortcomings adding that it would help in ensuring legal compliance while recommending corrective measures to redress shortcomings if any for future performances of human resource functions.
Speaking during the conclusion the conclusion of the Human Resources Audit for the Kisii County Public Service, Simba Arati said that the verification of certificates has already begun in earnest in conjunction with the Kenya National Examination Council.
Governor said his administration is not going to undertake random recruitment for the purpose of rewarding friends but on a skill need basis.
“What we have currently are staff some of who are not doing work related to the skills and academic qualification as captured on their CV’s,” he said.
The exercise commenced last week with an objective to review the current human resources procedures, documentation and systems to identify areas of improvement as well as compliance with existing laws.
“We did ask public servants including state officers in the county to avail themselves for this important exercise and I am here to demonstrate how seriously we treat this assignment,”
The governor said that the exercise is not a witch hunt but an effort by the County Government to rationalize its workforce by identifying the actual number of employees and; ensuring nobody draws salary without working.
According to Arati when he assumed office, just over 60 days ago, he inherited a county with a bloated wage bill, which has reduced the budgetary allocation on development expenditure.
Previous audit reports have recommended that we put in place measures to rationalize our wage bill to acceptable levels and this is why we have decided to carry out this human resource audit.
Mr Arati cited that to ensure the exercise is fair and transparent, they invited experts who will analyze the data availed to them and give us a report.
According to the governor a cursory review of our current staff establishment and policies has revealed glaring gaps in the areas of;
He said that hiring, personnel record keeping, employee retention and exit reasons, training and career development issues, promotion procedures, discipline management, Health and safety, Compensation strategies among others.
He said that human resource consultants will scrutinize these areas and ensure they identify all existing gaps, lapses, irregularities, out dated policies, shortcomings in the implementation of the policies, procedures and practices.
“It will also help us align staff and their functions based on their skills, qualifications and competencies. Further, it will help us in succession management as well as supervision,” he said.
He cited that the audit will help us ensure legal compliance and maintain competitive advantage for our staff while recommending corrective measures to redress the shortcomings, if any, for future performance of the Human Resources function.
He directed the County Secretary to work with the County Public Service Board to ensure officers perform functions for which they are qualified by matching skills with their duties.
“Going forward, we must avoid the culture of randomly deploying staff because this reduces productivity when they are forced to perform functions for which they are not qualified.” he said.
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