Transition Authority wants counties to freeze recruitment of new staff

NAKURU, KENYA: The Transition Authority (TA) has asked governors to freeze recruitment of new staff and cooperate with the national government in the rationalisation and harmonisation programme currently underway.

TA chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi reminded governors that once the shake-up exercise is completed in November, it would be easy for county governments to identify and recruit new staff.

"The national and county governments reached an agreement for inter-governmental rationalisation and harmonisation programme to be conducted and therefore counties must freeze the recruitment of new staff until the exercise is concluded," said Wamwangi.

The TA chairman said county administrations would receive trainings on how the programme would be conducted.
The programme to reform the public service sector is spearheaded by the Devolution ministry, Transition Authority and county governments.

Devolution CS Anne Waiguru on Monday explained that the process is aimed at restructuring and reforming the public service to make it more effective and efficient.

The exercise would involve carrying out capacity assessment, restructuring, undertaking human resource and skills audit, staff deployment and transfers where necessary after capturing and analysing biometric data.

He said several urban areas and cities had been downgraded but TA was in the final stages of making proposed amendments on a bill to be tabled in parliament aimed at mapping out urban areas and cities.