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Kenya registers civil servants to target 'ghost workers' | Kenya registers civil servants to target 'ghost workers' |
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Kenya has started biometrically registering all civil servants in an attempt to remove "ghost workers" from the government's payroll. | Kenya has started biometrically registering all civil servants in an attempt to remove "ghost workers" from the government's payroll. |
Employees who failed to register over the next two weeks would no longer be paid, a government statement said. | Employees who failed to register over the next two weeks would no longer be paid, a government statement said. |
The government suspects that thousands of people continue to receive salaries after leaving the civil service. | The government suspects that thousands of people continue to receive salaries after leaving the civil service. |
President Uhuru Kenyatta was the first person to register - he has pledged to curb corruption. | |
"It is in your best interest that you get registered lest you are counted as a ghost worker," he told civil servants in the coastal city of Mombasa. | |
An audit earlier this year found that at least $1m (£700,000) a month was lost in payments to "ghost workers" and other financial malpractice. | An audit earlier this year found that at least $1m (£700,000) a month was lost in payments to "ghost workers" and other financial malpractice. |
The government suspects that salaries continue to be deposited into bank accounts, even after a person dies or leaves the public service, reports the BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri from the capital, Nairobi. | The government suspects that salaries continue to be deposited into bank accounts, even after a person dies or leaves the public service, reports the BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri from the capital, Nairobi. |
All public servants are required to present themselves over the next two weeks at identification centres to ensure their data is captured through the biometric registration exercise, a government statement said. | All public servants are required to present themselves over the next two weeks at identification centres to ensure their data is captured through the biometric registration exercise, a government statement said. |
Anyone who failed to do so without a valid excuse would be eliminated from the payroll, it said. | Anyone who failed to do so without a valid excuse would be eliminated from the payroll, it said. |