Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has revealed that 46 per cent of employees at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua come from one ethnic group.
In the Audit Report shared, Gathungu faulted the former DP’s office accusing them of failing to comply with the law on ethnic diversity, she additionally pointed out that his office during his reign as DP, had 542 employees, out of which 249, which account for the percentage mentioned above were from one ethnic community.
“This was contrary to Section 7(1) and 7(2) of the National Cohesion and Integration Act, 2008 which provides that all public establishments shall seek to represent the diversity of the people in Kenya in the employment of staff and the no establishment shall have more than one-third of its staff from the same ethnic community,” the report added.
Salary non-compliance
Similarly, Gathungu’s report investigated the office’s compliance with the minimum net salary rule and discovered that management had breached the law.
She observed that 42 staff members at former DP Gachagua’s office received a net salary of less than one-third of their basic salary during various months of the year.
“This was contrary to Section 19(3) of the Employment Act, 2007 which states that all deductions made by an employer from the wages or salaries of his employees at any one time shall not exceed two-thirds of such wages or salaries,” she added.