Trans Nzoia County Service Board has been criticized over the role it played in recruitment of health officers claiming the law was not followed during the whole exercise and that those who have been given jobs were not residents from Trans Nzoia County.
The County Service Board advertised 365 positions early this year for persons to apply in various disciplines in health and application for job vacancies was done which the Board has made public names of those qualified with leaders claiming the names posted for qualified persons were not from Trans Nzoia County.
Sitatunga MCA who doubles up as Chairman for Health committee in the assembly together with his counterpart from Sirende Ward Alfred Weswa claimed the list that was released didn’t reflect locals within the county and that those recruited were not residents of the county.
They have petitioned the Service Board to explain the criteria used in arriving at the list published as well as state the residence of persons shortlisted.
The two leaders faulted the Service Board for dishing out those opportunities to persons who don’t reside within the county claiming some of the qualified persons who applied for the job despite possessing all the necessary qualifications didn’t appear on the list.
They have vowed to make sure the list published by the Service Board does not go through by presenting a motion in the assembly of having NO confidence to the Service Board as well as support some residents who are filing the case in court that seeks answers in the manner the exercise of recruitment was done.
They claimed the Board has been recruiting citizens without following due process naming the recent recruitment of reinforcement officers which was done without following proper procedure and that this time they will not allow the Board to go ahead in execution of its mandate that does not conform to the rule of law.
“We will not allow this Board to go on breaking rules, we are determined to make sure it goes home as what it’s doing was contrary to the law”, claimed the two.
Some of the residents that had applied for the jobs and not shortlisted blamed the Board over what they termed as being unfair in the manner it handled their job applications claiming they don’t understand how they were not shortlisted yet they qualified.
They have appealed to DCI, and EACC to intervene by coming to the bottom of the matter and bring the case to its fruition.