Sh40bn saved from ghost workers

>The government saved about Sh40 billion last month after it officially started effecting a new salary payment system for all public servants.Effective July 2014, the salaries of its employees were channelled to their bank accounts in a move aimed at flushing out ghost workers who have cost taxpayers billions of shillings.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Aug

Ghost workers: A shame upon the government

IPPmedia
Ghost workers: A shame upon the government
IPPmedia
Yesterday the public woke up to what can be described as 'shameful news' after Deputy Minister for Finance Mwigulu Nchemba informed reporters that the government in the month of July alone saved over Sh40 billion, money that could have gone into ...

 

9 years ago

Daily News

14 Aug

Kagera weeds out ghost workers

Kagera weeds out ghost workers
Daily News
ABOUT 497 former government employees in Kagera Region who have not been verified have been urged to report at their respective district offices with relevant documents to facilitate the exercise. The Officer- in-charge of the Kagera Sub Treasury, Mr ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Kenya targets 'ghost workers'

Kenya starts biometrically registering all civil servants in an attempt to remove "ghost workers" from the government's payroll.

 

10 years ago

News24

29 Mar

Tanzania orders probe into "ghost" government workers

Business Insider
Tanzania orders probe into "ghost" government workers
News24
Dare es Salaam - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered a probe into "ghost workers" on the public sector payroll after a new audit revealed the government paid about $76.6m to fake workers over the past year. "Where there is clear evidence, the ...
Divisive elements have no room in TanzaniaDaily News
Reuters News - Tanzania orders probe into "ghost workers" on government payrollNew York Recorder
Tanzania paid...

 

10 years ago

Business Insider Australia

28 Mar

Tanzania paid $76 million to 'ghost workers' over the course of a year

Business Insider Australia
Tanzania paid $76 million to 'ghost workers' over the course of a year
Business Insider Australia
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered a probe into “ghost workers” on the public sector payroll after a new audit revealed the government paid 141.4 billion Tanzanian shillings ($US76.6 million) to fake workers over the past year. “Where there is ...
Reuters News - Tanzania orders probe into "ghost workers" on government payrollNew York Recorder

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

Nairobi loses Ksh1.8bn to ghost workers annually

>Kenyan taxpayers are losing more than Ksh1.8 billion annually in salary payments to ghost workers in the Civil Service, a fresh audit of the public service payroll has revealed.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

19 Sep

PCCB, police to probe ghost workers in public institutions

IPPmedia
PCCB, police to probe ghost workers in public institutions
IPPmedia
Ghost workers are said to cost the country in excess of 40bn/- every passing month through corrupt officials in public institutions and corporations while the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) as well as the Police force have been ordered ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

13 Nov

Govt hunting masterminds in ghost workers' pay scam

IPPmedia
Govt hunting masterminds in ghost workers' pay scam
IPPmedia
In the wake of mounting questions over the ghost workers scandal that was costing the government more than 40bn/- per month, the government has pledged to take legal action on all implicated personnel. Minister for Finance Saada Mkuya told the House ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Apr

Farmers to benefit from Sh40bn loans

Farmers in parts of sub-Saharan Africa are set to benefit from a $25 million (Sh40 billion) risk sharing facility from the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF).

 

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