Governor Otuoma to Crack Whip on Rogue Officers
Busia Governor, HE Dr Paul Otuoma has sent stern warning to rogue employees of the County Government who are engaging in criminal, unethical and unacceptable ways of serving the people especially in revenue collection sector.
In his adress during Mashujaa day celebrations at Busia County Stadium, Dr Otuoma said he established a taskforce chaired by his Deputy, Hon Arthur Odera to do an inquiry on the true status of various sectors of the county government as currently established and make informed administrative and policy decisions.
“In the preliminary findings of the taskforce and other intelligence agencies, it has been established that there are serious local revenue leakages, with some revenue officers owning private accounts where county revenue is deposited by revenue collectors before a percentage of it is deposited to county revenue collection account,” said Dr Otuoma terming this act as criminal, and unethical.
The Governor also pointed out that there are cases of officers colluding with undeserving clients to waive hospital user fees and NHIF payments in hospitals as well.
Following this, the Governor directed the said officers to meet him on Friday morning in his office for appropriate action.
The Governor however called for maximum cooperation between all the departments and the County auditor for a comprehensive report.
Hon Arthur Odera who is the chair of the task force concurred with the findings saying that it is a serious issue that has affected Busia County greatly in terms of service delivery and development.
“We are determined to ensure that we have systems in place that will see us collect enough revenue” said Odera as he called on all business people to get genuine receipts of taxation to enable the Government discharge its mandate.
This comes just few days after Governor, Dr Otuoma naming County Executive Committee Members who are yet to undergo vetting by the County Assembly and subsequent approval.
Led by the Speaker, Eng. Fredrick Odilo the legislatures confirmed to work hand in hand with executive to full realization of the Governor’s manifesto and the wishes of the people of Busia in line with their oversight responsibility.
Busia County Commissioner, Sam Ojwang on matters security and other problems facing Busia residents, called for a collective responsibility and more cooperation and collaboration to address them so that the people can get what they deserve.
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