LOCAL Government Service Commission Chairperson Ackson Sejani says the Commission fires 10 people every month because of fraud and theft. And Sejani says the Commission will now conduct performance assessments for all local authority staff every six months. Speaking at a media briefing, Tuesday, Sejani said the Commission still had appetite to fire more people so that lessons could be learnt. “You’ll be surprised if I tell you that we’re literally firing 10 people every month because of fraud here at the Commission, because of theft. So it’s rampant and it has to be addressed. It is figures for all the 116 local authorities, on average for various offences, principally fraud, theft, falsifying documents, double receipts, reversals, name it. But...

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