About 20 counties paid staff salaries manually, bypassing the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Data (IPPD) system, in transactions totalling Sh3.4 billion, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has revealed.

The IPPD is meant to streamline payroll and human resource management for public sector employees and prevent duplication and inefficiencies associated with manual payrolls.

“This violates the provisions of The National Treasury Circular No.13/2019, dated August 28, 2019 which requires that all personnel emoluments be processed through the IPPD system,” the report states.