(CNS): Home Affairs Minister Bernie Bush has told CNS that when he took up office, he was surprised to learn that the current chief fire officer had been paid extra cash each month to train Caymanians. Bush said he had done what he could within the law to ensure the funding was cut off.
While ministers have no say in human resource issues relating to the civil service, he said, they control the purse strings and he used that power to stop what he saw as an “unacceptable bonus” being paid to Chief Fire Officer Paul Walker for what was already part of his job.
The minister said that he had a number of concerns about the management of the fire service in recent years but he was not able to intervene because of the separation of responsibilities, so he was doing what he could on the policy and funding side.
Bush said he has also directed the ministry to engage a local consultant to conduct an anonymous…
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