In Summary;
- Borrowed Uniforms
- Imprests; Risk allowances
- Wekelekha VTC the Cash-cow
- Abomination
- #iKUWEiKUWE Corner
- Advert; Steve Kay
Bungoma county govt boasts of about 400 enforcement officers who since inception of the force have never received an extra uniform even after some paid for up to 3 pairs during the Misikhu training and therefore pass out ceremony. So the depart has instructed each officer to buy own uniform ~ @5,000/=, boots @3,000/=, Beret (without crest) ~ @1,200/=. The officers nevertheless have been unable to buy themselves these uniforms due to the mean pay forcing them to do the unthinkable like some borrowing Administration Police trousers so as to look presentable since they almost look similar. Some officers come to work in sports shoes, safari-boots unlike the revenue depart which procures gumboots, umbrellas, yellow shirts for the revenue collection officers although not all items reach their designate users.
All this happens while the County is busy collecting millions via imprests using the same enforcement officers.
Wekelekha VTC the Cash-cow;
On Thursday, January 23, 2020 The Governor’s Press Facebook page announced that;
“Wekelekha Vocational Training Centre today officially started making County uniforms. While touring the facility, Governor Wangamati said the VTC will start making all County staff uniforms, including those for nurses, ward admins and Sub County admins…”
#iKUWEiKUWE has nevertheless has learnt that the working uniforms (green) are tailored at Kisiwa Technical Institute by someone who directly charges the enforcement officers Kshs. 5,000/= per uniform as the ceremonial ones are done at Wekelekha… Other county staff procure own uniforms
On Tuesday, march 7, 2020 Wekelekha VTC started a production of facemask with governor Wangamati indicating that 10,000 masks would be produced weekly… They announced that masks would be given out for free to ALL Boda Bodas, Mama Mbogas, Matatu operators as well as County Government employees… IT TURNED OUT TO BE HOT AIR
The facility is almost dead only resurrects when Wangamati’s govt wants to do PR. No mask production, 1% uniform production of county workforce and yet millions are pumped in yearly.
Imprests;
In August last year 2020 one Phillip received a show-cause demand letter for a 1.7million imprest he had earlier collected and handed over to the ‘authorities’ only to be handed a 50k risk allowance in return but did not follow up on the surrender of the very imprest. The unsuspecting employee did not know that auditors had flagged out his imprest and the very boss who had channeled the imprest thru his account was the very one who distanced himself when the auditors came knocking… leaving Phillip with the burden of either producing those receipts or risk being prosecuted and/or surcharged. With the assistance of his mother who works in the finance depart, poor Phillip had to used 70k to travel round the country collecting receipts from places he had NEVER visited before
At the end of day, he benefited -20k, plus Depression, Stress, a negative booking
Chief Officer Puria who is adversely mentioned in this scandal has a child called Derik in the same enforcement force but has never pushed him to collect the infamous imprests… opting to use others knowing very well the consequences.
Dec 2020; Thru the Public Administration depart a lady collected 2 imprests of 1 million each and in return was given a 30k risk allowance
Thanks to some enforcement leaders, some officers have out rightly refused to be used as imprest collection vessels
Abomination;
Yesterday Friday February 26, 2021 during the requiem mass for Bungoma governor’s mother… young, unmarried and/or pregnant enforcement officers were forced by Chief Officer Kapchanga to carry Mama Selina’s casket. It must be noted that Mama was a nurse by profession, a salvation Army (Jeshi-la-Wokovu) by church and an elder by far… Traditionally this is an abomination in Bukusu Culture to have 2 pregnant and some very young and unmarried girls carrying her body.
#iKUWEiKUWE Corner;
- Waziri Richard Sabwami, instead of your department using millions of shillings organizing goons at funerals, why not dress up the county legally acknowledged force?
- Why should a Chief officer find the need to spare his child from collecting the imprests while forcing others to do so??? Imprests they are clueless on how and where it’s used just for a few thousands of RISK allowances?
- Wale mko kwa matanga take a good look at green Kanjos dress-code
