Migori governor Okoth Obado with employees of his government during a past function.

Migori County will withdraw millions of shillings to physically pay its workers’ July salary in an attempt to weed out ghost workers four years after devolution.

County secretary in a letter dated July 4 to all chief officers and seen by Migori News said the move will help in “physical verification of the existence of employees at each workstation… and validation of… payroll.”

The head count, or physical payment of net salary will take place between August 1-5 right at county treasury offices in Migori town.

“All employees will be required to personally come to the county headquarters to earn their salaries in cash,” the letter stated.

The letter added: “The county treasury will be required to make arrangements to withdraw the net salaries in cash for all employees in the payroll.”

The timetable giving order of payment via department will be released and circulated soon.

Employees who come to pick their salaries will have their photographs taken, leave a copy of their national IDs, letter of appointment, pay slips for past three months and an acknowledgement letter from their head of departments.

The move will help establish the number of county employees, genuine ones on payroll and find workstations of each one of them.

“Anybody who will fail to show up for his or her salary shall be deemed ghost and will be removed from payroll henceforth,” Rusana said in the letter.