Meru County restructures jobs to improve service

Meru Governor Peter Munya. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

MERU: The government of Meru has conducted a departmental rationalisation exercise that it says is in a bid to improve service delivery.

The county has adopted a departmental structure that will make them easier to audit, and monitor employees output, Governor Peter Munya says.

Addressing executives, chief officers, directors and other staff after a workshop in Nanyuki, Mr Munya said all staff will be monitored to ensure efficient service delivery.

The one-day workshop resulted in the harmonisation of the 10 departments with the national performance contracting model.

“The new departmental structures heralds responsiveness in service delivery and will tame lethargy in public service,” Munya said.

Noting that the county’s senior staff signed performance contracts recently, Munya said the departmental rationalisation will result in increased productivity of all staff.

“Meru is one of the largest counties and we inherited a very big number of staff. It is now imperative that we align the available human capital to the needs of departments,” said the governor.

STOLEN FERTILISER

The rationalisation will result in redeployment of some staff to meet departmental needs, Munya said, adding that while the county inherited a large number of employees from the national government, it has come to the fore that some departments are understaffed while others over-staffed.

Meanwhile, a gang broke into Nyahururu National Cereals and Produce Board and stole over 400 bags of fertilisers.

Farmers who had thronged the premises to purchase the fertiliser on Wednesday were told that 477 bags of fertiliser worth Sh800,000 had been stolen on Tuesday night.

Nyandarua OCPD Benjamin Onsongo said the syndicate was believed to be an inside job.

He said the two guards who were manning the premises have since disappeared.