Government targets public officers in Sh6.2 B payroll fraud crackdown

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Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku. [Courtesy]

The government will begin taking action against public officers implicated in the manipulation of the public service payroll after an audit uncovered suspected fraud amounting to Sh6.2 billion.

Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has announced.

Speaking during a church service at the Methodist Church of Kenya, Tharaka Synod, in Marimanti, Tharaka Nithi County, Ruku said the government would on Tuesday unveil measures targeting human resource managers found to have tampered with the government payroll system.