๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ –๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Lots of county government employees are sitting on the edge following Governor Joseph Ole Lenkuโs move to initiate a Human Resource Management Audit.
The exercise, which kicked off on Wednesday, will examine the positions of all county staff. Principally, the audit will weed out any ghost employees, while ensuring all staff perform tasks that are aligned with their skill sets.
There has been rising concern regarding the tendency of employees to make every effort to join the finance department even without the requisite qualifications, leading to a bloated workforce handling revenue collection. It is suspected that the primary motivation for this trend is the opportunity for corrupt earnings โ which are not easily available in other nondescript departments.
The human resource audit will therefore be expected to identify all such problems that affect the county human resource functions and its performance.
In other counties, similar audits seeking to verify the number of employed have led to the unearthing of ghost employees who earn a salary despite doing absolutely nothing. In some cases, the number of drivers have far exceeded the available vehicles, while dead employees have continued to draw salaries.
It is noteworthy that the governor led in the exercise by submitting all required documentation and thus becoming the first county employee to be audited. It is to be hoped that in the same spirit, Lenku will readily implement the audit report that will come out of the exercise, even if this will not be flattering of his administration.
Whenever such exercises are launched by government institutions, it is at the implementation stage that the rubber meets the road. Indeed, government offices are full of reports that were commissioned with fanfare but are left to gather dust owing to the lack of the political will when it comes to implementation.
This time, it is hoped that Lenku will implement long-lasting positive changes owing to the fact that this is his last term in office. He does not need to please anyone for the purpose of winning votes at any future gubernatorial election, putting him in an excellent position to clean up every mess in the county administration.
The staff audit is being conducted by the Institute of Human Resources Management (IHRM) through its consulting outfit, the Human Resource Management Consultancy and Enterprise Services. IHRM is a statutory professional body established under the Human Resource Management Professionals Act.
The exercise by the team of 60 consultants is expected to contribute to the overall efficiency of county staff and help improve service delivery. If successful, the audit will solidify Lenkuโs legacy as a governor who meant well for his people. With a more focused workforce, he can spend the remaining four years of his second term to implement projects in healthcare, education, and infrastructure development. Above all, the residents expect courteous, respectful service delivery from his administration.
