Nairobi, June 22 -- Between July 2024 and June 2025, at least 83 employees of the Samburu County Government earned millions of shillings in salaries despite having no designated job titles.

An audit has now exposed what appears to be a massive payroll irregularity at the devolved unit, revealing cases of employees holding positions illegally, irregular recruitment practices and workers drawing salaries without clear deployment.

In her report for the financial year ending June 30, 2025, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu details widespread irregularities in the county's human resource management system, including the recruitment of staff without following due process.

"During their recruitment process, there were no advertisements, intervie...