VARIOUS disciplinary measures have been taken against 1,663 public servants linked to the scandalous 19,620 phantom workers in the government payroll as of October 5.
Minister of State in the President’s
Office, Public Service Management and Good Governance, Ms Angela
Kairuki, told the National Assembly here yesterday that the disciplined
public servants were fromthe ministries, agencies, government
institutions and local governments.
Ms Kairuki said the local governments
topped the list with 1,632 culprits while the ministries had 16, nine
from the agencies and institutions and six from the Regional
Secretariat. She gave the statistics while answering a question by Maida
Abdallah (Special Seats-CCM), who sought to know the measures the
government had taken against the perpetrators of ghost workers who have
been consuming a lot of money from the government coffers.
The minister said 638 suspects have
their cases filed at police, 50 have been handed to the Prevention of
Corruption and Combatting Bureau (PCCB) and disciplinary bodies are
handling 975 others. “Among them, 38 employees have their cases
completed, with directives to reimburse the money,” she explained. Ms
Kairuki revealed that as of yesterday, the number of ghost workers stood
at 19,620 - costing the government 19.7bn/- monthly.
She cited an example of Kinondoni
Municipal Council which had 107 ghost workers, receiving 1.27bn/- and
Kishapu’s 73 workers who were pocketing 543m/-, monthly. Apart from the
initiatives, Ms Kairuki said the government is making prompt
verification through a Human Capital Management Information System
(HCMIS) to curb the fraudulent acts.
The government embarked on verification
of workers early this year after sensing a great number of ghost workers
in the government payroll. Ministries, institutions, agencies and local
governments were given until October 31 to complete the verification or
face disciplinary actions.
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