County losing Sh90 million a year on ghost workers’ salaries

Migori County Governor Okoth in an earlier event. An internal audit report releveled that the County pays Sh7, 545,643 a month to ghost workers. [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Migori County  pays Sh7, 545,643 a month to ghost workers, an internal audit has revealed.The report unveiled on Thursday  by Governor Okoth Obado states that 267 of the 3,345 employees listed in the payroll did not exist.

"This means these employees are in the payroll illegally and have been earning millions of shillings for free each month and yet they do not work here," said Mr Obado.