Fresh Audits Expose Counties' Widespread Violation of IPPD Payroll Rules, Enabling 27,000 Irregular Hires and Ghost Workers
Recent audits have uncovered that many Kenyan counties deliberately ignored the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPPD) system, leading to over 27,000 irregular recruitments, untraceable staff payments and widespread breach of the 35% personnel spending cap up to June 2025.








