Babu Owino Addresses Reports Of Calling For 3,800 Nairobi County Employees’ Removal
Babu Owino has denied widespread rumors that he has asked for the dismissal of 3,800 Nairobi County employees, instead proposing an increase in their salary.
The phony post demanded the dismissal of 3,800 Green Army employees hired by the Nairobi City County Government to work on environmental management and cleanliness projects throughout the city.
Their key responsibilities are garbage collection, cleaning public spaces, and maintaining a sanitary urban environment.
In a social media post, the Embakasi East Member of Parliament denied a post from an account that claimed he urged for the personnel to be fired following the Stima Plaza rubbish disaster.
“Sack all the 3,800 staff in the name of the Green Army; they are ghost workers. We can’t be paying ghost workers with taxpayer money,” wrote an account that is eerily similar to his official X account
Babu Owino has denied widespread rumors that he has asked for the dismissal of 3,800 Nairobi County employees. pic.twitter.com/5uB23oSgaT
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However, in a reply, Babu refuted noting, “The Green Army should be respected and paid double the money they are getting currently. They work so hard, and yet they are paid nothing.”
The reports, which followed the Auditor-General’s recent reports, uncovered anomalies in Nairobi County, adding to the swelling number of plots ahead of the 2027 election.
In the fiscal year 2023/2024, the Auditor-General expressed concern over the recruitment of 3,834 employees without sufficient advertising or transparent hiring practices.
The investigation also found anomalies in wage allocations, with certain officers’ basic salaries changing many times in a single year, as well as instances of unqualified persons holding crucial positions.
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Furthermore, the Auditor-General’s findings showed that the Nairobi County Assembly could not account for more than Ksh905 million.
This figure reflected unsubstantiated salary advances, unverified travel expenses, and misclassified expenditures.
The audit also noted the assembly’s failure to remit statutory deductions of Ksh67 million.
The study, however, did not address issues about the hiring of 3,834 employees without sufficient advertisement or transparent procedures, as well as wage anomalies and unqualified workers in critical positions.
Babu Owino Addresses Reports Of Calling For 3,800 Nairobi County Employees’ Removal
