{"id":73752,"date":"2024-08-03T12:05:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T12:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/03\/nyandarua-governor-blames-predecessors-on-workers-allowances\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T12:05:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T12:05:18","slug":"nyandarua-governor-blames-predecessors-on-workers-allowances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nyandarua-governor-blames-predecessors-on-workers-allowances\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyandarua: Governor blames predecessors on workers allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nyandarua Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha has said his administration inherited a huge burden of unpaid workers allowances from the previous two regimes of the County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said the pending workers\u2019 allowances ballooned during Covid-19 pandemic when funds meant for frontline workers were diverted through questionable dealings.<\/p>\n

Hitting back at the County Senator John Methu for using the allowance issue to incite the employees, the Governor said so far he has been able to pay 90 percent of the pending allowances his administration inherited.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference at Ol Joroorok ATC Governor Kiarie accused the Senator of using the allowance issue to incite the workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are dealing with are historical pending bills which cannot be cured or paid in one financial cycle, or through political interference and brinkmanship,\u201d he told the Senator<\/p>\n

He challenged Methu to be a serious defender of devolution, saying \u201cthose we charged with the responsibility to protect devolution only bombarded us with comical fairly-tales and photoshoots that mean nothing to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor said residents expect Methu to be pushing for the conclusion of the County\u2019s petitions on the Mau Mau road, Sasumwa water and the Aberdare that have been pending in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther counties like Makueni, Kajiando, Turkana, Meru and Taita Taveta are leaping big in terms of own source of revenue because they were allowed to benefit from resources found in them through push by their senators while we (Nyandarua) are still waiting for our petitions to be discussed,\u201d the Governor lamented.<\/p>\n

The Governor was reacting to claim by Methu that sub county and ward administrators last got their allowance in September last year. The Senator vowed to fight for the rights of County employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe commit to use all the necessary avenues to fight for the justice of the members of staff of the Nyandarua County Executive. Sub County administrators and Ward administrators last got their allowances in the month of September 2023,\u201d the Senator said in a post in one of his social media handle on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Methu said the County has received the total equitable share of Ksh 5.91 billion from the national government, with the last tranche of Ksh \u00a0480 million received on July 26, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving received the full budget, who gobbled staff allowances of up to 11 months?\u201d the Senator asked.<\/p>\n

Governor Kiarie said his administration cared about welfare of County employees adding that \u201cone of the critical foundations of my Change Manifesto was, and remains, the welfare of staff who remain the most important cogs for the proper functioning of my government\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said since he came into office, over 100 staff members who had worked as casuals \u2013 some for over 20 years since the days of local authorities and governorship of his predecessors Daniel Waithaka and Francis Kimemia, had been put on permanent and pensionable terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are now enjoying full benefits, bringing to an end a discriminatory work environment of disfranchisement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Governor accused the Senator for voting against the Division of Revenue Bill that sought to increase county allocations and also failing to speak for the timely disbursement to counties o advance any meaningful debate for the people of Nyandarua at the national level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nyandarua Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha has said his administration inherited a huge burden of unpaid workers allowances from the previous two regimes of the County. He said the pending workers\u2019 allowances ballooned during Covid-19 pandemic when funds meant for frontline workers were diverted through questionable dealings. Hitting back at the County Senator John Methu for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}