Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has told the Senate that currently the civil service in both the national and county governments have 16 designated hardship areas while the judiciary has 21 areas.
CS Kuria, who appeared before the Senate plenary Wednesday, said that prior to 1997, the civil and teaching services had similar designated hardship areas which included Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Samburu, Isiolo, Lamu, Marsabit, Tana River, West Pokot, Turkana and Northern area of Baringo with this comprising of 11 fairly distinct hardship areas.