By MN Reporter

Migori county assembly public service board, with members already charged in court risks more court cases after workers threaten to move to court.

A group of workers employed as MCAs staff have written a petition dated January 18 giving the institution 21 days to react to claims of illegal employment.

The 21 days end on March 5, with petitioners through their lawyer Odondi Awino and Company Advocates threatening to move to court.

Speaker Boaz Okoth confirmed to Migori News on Wednesday of receiving the petition.

He said he organised a kamukunji with MCAs over claims of irregular employment of members’ staff.

“I have received the petition and we placed the petition before the member for deliberation. It is unfortunate, but we will talk to members to get a way forward,” Okoth said.

According to the petition, 40 elected MCAs and 17 nominated should each have three support staff whose total amount to 171 but they “have never been paid as per guidelines,” including statutory balances.

They said a circular by the Commission of Revenue Allocation MCA should have three staff, employed competitively with each should earn Sh30,341.80 per month with Sh27,307 going towards office maintaince.

“There is discrepancy of payment as the amount has been less and instead of the board signing the contract with workers, it is individual MCAs who have been pushing it. Sadly some MCAs are not aware if they should be having staff,” Titus Orwa, the CEO of Community Action Support Organisation (CASO) said.

He said the petition also demands to make public their physical officers for an audit if office maintainance money is used.

He said they plan to move to court.

On December 1 members of the board led by speaker Okoth and his deputy Mathews Chacha, including 13 others were released on a bond of Sh3 million each after denying corruption charges.

They appear before Kisumu chief magistrate Peter Gesora.