Lectures have exposed University management alleging they were creating “ghost workers” in order to get more funding from the government.
Speaking before the Senate Education Committee that universities had resorted to the illegal means in order to use the money that comes as a result of the CBA to address some financial challenges in the institutions.
UASU secretary-general Dr Constantine Wasonga asked the committee to order an audit of universities’ staff in an effort to bring transparency and accountability.
Dr Wasonga noted that because of lack of enough capitation, universities were benefiting illegally from the proceeds of CBAs.
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He was speaking citing their Sh7.8 billion in 2014, which vice-chancellors used to run university activities instead of paying salaries.
“We are also calling for the audit of students enrolled in universities as management have been cooking figures for their own selfish gains and they are never ready to share the data with the government,” the Uasu official told the committee.
Dr Charles Mukhwaya, KUSU secretary-general stated: “We have to address this problem. Having ghost workers who are earning salaries is an issue that cannot be entertained.”
An audit conducted in 2017 revealed that thousands of ghost workers were earning salaries in public universities.
Public universities submitted a report indicating that they had about 30,312 staff, but the audit revealed the institutions had 27,798 staff, a difference of 2,513.
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National Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge, in a letter to the Ministry of Education, also raised concern over ghost workers while releasing funds for payment of enhanced salaries and allowances for the 2013-2017 CBA.
