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How ghost workers are milking counties dry

Revenue officers fill in forms of their details during headcount at the Kisumu county headquarters on October 01,2018. Finance CEC Nerry Achar initiated the headcount to ascertain the number of officers in the department to weed out ghost workers. [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard]

Two young men from Kaloleni estate were approached by a friend and put on the payroll of the Nairobi County government.

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