Government ready for public service capacity assessment

NAIROBI, KENYA: The government on Monday said it expects to finalise capacity assessment and rationalisation programme for national and county public service in the 2014/15 financial year.

The objective of the programme is to undertake strategic reviews of the organisational structures, functions and staffing of the national and county public service against their respective mandates.

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

“The exercise will entail realigning the current public service delivery models and structures to meet the constitutional requirements and citizen expectations for transformed government services,” said Devolution Cabinet Secretary Ann Waiguru.

“Ultimately, the implementation of the programme will facilitate efficient and effective utilisation of the resources and build on the ongoing reform agenda of transforming the public service.”

The current dispensation has made it imperative to realign structures, processes, programmes, institutions and staffing to core mandates of the Governments at the national and county level, so as to ensure a responsive Public Service that meets expectations of Kenyans.

The programme will be conducted through an inter-governmental framework on the basis of consultation, collaboration and cooperation amongst all stakeholders.

“Already preliminary activities on the programme have commenced which include gazettement of the institutional framework for the implementation of joint programme and operationalisation of secretariat.”