By Obegi Malack
@obegimalack
Kajiado North sub county deputy county commissioner Tom Anjera has called on local administrators to ensure youth recruited on National Hygiene Program (NHP), dubbed Kazi Mtaani turn out on Wednesday in Nakeel stadium for verification of their documents.
The DCC said the exercise will be taken to cure payment challenges, some of the workers have not been paid due to wrong data entry and using wrong ID numbers during registration.
The commissioner had held a meeting with the administrators in Ngong where he directed them to ensure the exercise is successful. He said chiefs should ensure they capture the right data to prevent future payment challenges.
Anjera warned youth who had planned to demonstrate for delay in payment, he said the workers should raise their complains to chiefs and ensure they present the right information,
Chiefs were also directed to manually mark the register every day to ensure the right workers are paid.
In Ongata Rongai Ward Kandisi area some of the workers had threatened to protest after delay in payments.
Director Housing (Kajiado) Ruth Njoroge apologized to the workers saying they are yet to be paid because of wrong data entry, officials concerned will submit the right data for processing of their payments in a weekโs time.
โLong procedures are involved, the money is sent to Safaricom, ensure the number you registered with is yours and MPESA should be activated,โ she said.
Ngong Municipality Manager David Kobaai said the process is open and every worker will be paid, he said the project is beneficial in growth of the municipality. ย The youth will also be involved in beautification of the towns.
During the meeting issues of youth registering using their parents numbers were raised, they are among those who have not received their payments; others who had not been working had received payment wrongly.