Serem warns of looming crisis as public service ghost workers bleed coffers

SRC Chair Sarah Serem (right) shares a light moment with Catherine Musakali (left), Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya, and ICPSK vice chair Pius Nduatih at the governance forum. [PHOTO: FELX KAVII/STANDARD]

By JAMES ANYANZWA

Taxpayers are struggling to sustain over 300,000 ghost workers in the civil service as public sector wage bill spirals out of control.