STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
The Embu County Government’s Agriculture, Livestock and Blue Economy docket has been put on the spot over the presence of five Ship Crew employees in its payroll.
According to a breakdown of the department’s Personnel Emoluments vote head, five individuals under the designations of coxswains and deck masters earn a monthly basic salary of Ksh 24,970 to work in non-existent government-owned water vessels in Embu County.
Nginda Ward Representative Maurice Macharia, who is also the Vice Chairman of the County Assembly Committee on Agriculture wondered what the Ship Crew do to earn their salaries from public coffers, yet there were no known ships, seas or lakes in Embu.
The County Assembly is in the process of hearing presentations by County Executive dockets in defence of their proposed spendings in the draft Embu County Budget Estimates for the 2025/2026 Financial Year which are pending deliberation and ratification by the legislature.
According to Dr. Njue Mugendi, the Director for Fisheries, the officers were inherited from the national government on secondment to serve at the Seven Forks hydroelectric dams, but confirmed that they do not perform any duties relating to their designations.
The Director pointed out that the officers in question were currently serving at the Fisheries Section in different capacities such as drivers, extension officers and other support services as they await retraining and thereafter official conversion of their terms to different available job descriptions.
The County Executive Committee (CEC) Member in charge of the docket John Nyaga said the County Government had commenced redesignation procedures to change the titles of the officers to match the duties they perform at the department and do away with the Ship Crew designations.
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