Hiring, renewal of contracts in State agencies frozen

EACC Chairman David Oginde, Head of Public Service Felix Koskei and Public Service Commission Chairman Anthony Mwaniki arrive for the Ethics and Integrity conference in Nairobi, on May 21, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

The government has frozen hiring and renewal of contracts across 42 State corporations targeted for restructuring, putting the livelihoods of hundreds of workers, including top executives in jeopardy.

This follows a memo by Head of Public Service Felix Koskei that communicated the Cabinet's approval of 42 State corporations to be merged into 20 entities while 25 others are set to be dissolved with their residual functions reverting to the respective parent ministries.