Nairobi Star<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\nKiplang’at Kirui<\/p>\n
3 December 2011<\/p>\n
\nAbout 100 Narok County council employees have been sent on a one month compulsory leave after they protested the introduction of an electronic revenue collection system at the Maasai Mara Reserve. The council at the same time threatened to lay off some of the revenue clerks at the reserve. Narok County Council chairman Joseph Nkadado said the employees have since been replaced, adding: “They have been given an unpaid leave of one month as we ponder the next cause of action against them.”<\/p>\n
Nkadado said that the employees were opposing the introduction of the e-ticketing at the reserve “to reduce the rampant corruption”. “The electronic ticketing system installed at the gates will deny the clerks the opportunity to handle solid cash, which they have been stealing from the council for many years,” he added.<\/p>\n
He accused the workers of inciting the members of the public against the council for introducing the Smart Card system at the game reserve’s gates. “We have sent the workers on a forced leave for one month and when they come back, the council will have decided either to lay off some of them or redeploy others to different stations,” said Nkadado<\/p>\n
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