Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilan has called upon public servants to shun corruption in the management of resources.
Lilan who was speaking today during the County service delivery meeting within Homa Bay Town said they had received a circular from the head of public service concerning corruption in the region.
He cited land and education sectors as among those that have raised questions pertaining to corruption.
Lilan informed of an impending crackdown especially in schools with the tendency of forming their own fee structures contrary to the President’s order on fees payment.
“This week we are doing a serious crackdown, many people will have a lot to answer some questions,’’ he affirmed.
The Commissioner also called on the public servants to be prudent while managing allocated resources for service delivery.
He noted misuse of motor vehicles by drivers and urged the stakeholders to exercise their authority on the use of the vehicles.
“We have been receiving calls of motor vehicles being impounded by security officers due to carelessness by our drivers. If this continues then service delivery would be most affected,” Lilan noted.
The County Director Education, Diana Anyango Ongere on the other hand feared that the resources allocated to the education sector cannot be optimally used because of low enrollment in schools.
She stated that the government is funding public schools based on enrollment which she noted is inclined towards certain formations like clans, leaving some schools without pupils.
She encouraged stakeholders to work together and support schools saying, “lack of schools in the society is a good recipe of this society going backwards.”
By Daisy Marcy and Sitna Omar
