The Auditor General report has revealed five counties that are notorious for breaking employment laws.
The report criticised the counties for ethnic imbalance when it comes to employment and hiring of staff without advertising the positions.
Some of the counties were also exposed for having retired employees on the payroll while others have been paying employees that have already been dismissed.
Other counties also continued to employ staff, ignoring the already bloated workforce.
The five areas pointed out for breaking the employment laws are; Migori, Kisii, Nyamira, Kakamega and Vihiga.
In Migori, 67 of the employees who had attained the retirement age of 60 were still on the payroll from June last year, yet the county was incurring an expenditure of Ksh5.5 million as compensation of the retired employees.
Also, six employees that had been dismissed due to various reasons were still on the payroll.
In Bungoma, 402 employees were hired without the positions being advertised by the County Government, resulting in unfair competition.
The same was observed in Vihiga County where 400 casual staff were recruited on a one-year contract and a payment of Ksh202 million made whereas the positions were not advertised.
In Nyamira, it was observed that the executive recruited 532 staff, most of who were from the dominant community, contrary to the law.
The audit noted that in Kakamega County, since the balance of compensation of employees was Ksh4.5 million, it had exceeded the recommended ratio of 35 per cent as indicated in section 25 (1) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations 2015.
