Kisii Governor Simba Arati has ordered the new public service board to confirm 904 ECDE teachers immediately after the board was sworn in.
The board consists of six bench members, led by Elijah Obebo, the board chairman.
The new public service board was put in place after a court case was concluded by the Labour and Employment Court to send home the whole service board that worked under the former governor James Ongwae.
Speaking at Gusii stadium, Arati said his government has run without the public service board for months, making administration difficult.
“Today I’ll have a peaceful sleep because the public service board has given me stress all along,if you noted, I started losing my hair,” said Arati.
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Further, the county boss expressed his sympathy with ECDE teachers and instructors who had been without pay for months due to the absence of a functional public service board.
He separately asked them to undertake a fresh staff audit and begin to weed out the existing ghost workers and further ordered is the payroll cleanup to ensure only staff with genuine credentials work at the devolved unit.
“We did the first headcount but your absentia and perhaps we may had not gotten everything right. But there were people with fake certificates, others were ghost workers too , all these must be removed from the system and it is up to you now as you start work ” said Arati.
Additionally, the governor told the new board members to work above board and with integrity, warning that work ahead may not be easy.
“There shall be uproar, but do not look back, just do your work faithfully . You will make enemies who even want to kill you but focus on your work ."
