According to a recent report by the Office of the Auditor General, State House and the Office of the Deputy President are being investigated for breaking many employment rules during the fiscal year 2023–2024.
According to the investigation, State House and the Office of the Deputy President employees violated the Employment Act of 2007 by receiving net salaries that were less than one-third of their base pay throughout that time.
The audit found that 42 employees in the Office of the Deputy President and 78 employees in State House were paid less than one-third of their base pay.
According to Section 19 of the Employment Act of 2007, an employer’s deductions from an employee’s wages or salaries cannot ever equal more than two-thirds of the employee’s total earnings or salaries.
‘Seventy-eight (78) employees received a net salary that was less than one-third of their base pay, according to an analysis of the payroll records for the year under review. This was contradictory to Section 19(3) of the Employment Act, 2007 (Revised 2012),” the study stated.
According to Section 19 of the Employment Act of 2007, an employer’s deductions from an employee’s wages or salaries cannot ever equal more than two-thirds of the employee’s total earnings or salaries.
‘Seventy-eight (78) employees received a net salary that was less than one-third of their base pay, according to an analysis of the payroll records for the year under review. This was contradictory to Section 19(3) of the Employment Act, 2007 (Revised 2012),” the study stated.
The audit also found that the Deputy President’s Office did not follow the law regarding ethnic diversity.
In violation of the National Cohesion and Integration Act of 2008, the Auditor General claims that 249 of the 542 employees in the Office of the Deputy President belonged to a single ethnic group.
According to the Act, no public institution may employ more than one-third of its employees from the same ethnic group.
Budgets for the Office of the President and the Office of the Deputy President were Ksh 2.60 billion and Ksh 3.58 billion, respectively, for the fiscal year 2023–2024.
