State denies scrapping term limits for parastatal chiefs

Head of Civil Service Joseph Kinyua when he appeared before the National Assembly Public Investment Committee at Parliament. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

The Government has denied scrapping age and term limits for State corporation chiefs.

It says a recent directive by head of Civil Service Joseph Kinyua was not meant to allow the executives to serve for life, but to reaffirm the circumstances under which renewal of their contracts would be extended.