If the supplementary budget is approved by the assembly, Kisii Governor Simba Arati plans to spend Sh10 million on the verification of academic certificates for all of his staff.
Arati said the exercise will be conducted for the 5,900 county employees at half the normal rates charged by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec).
The governor said some of the staff had presented fake documents for their employment in the county after presenting himself for the staff headcount exercise at Kisii Agricultural Centre.
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