Make grilling of public officers a serious query on ability, integrity

Some of the CS nominees who appeared before Parliament vetting committee.

The public vetting of public officers was one of the exciting innovations introduced by the 2010 Constitution. The vetting was not only intended to ensure we obtained most suitable choices for public servants but was also meant to emphasize the point that such officers were servants of the public.

The latter was therefore entitled to participate in their assessment, both directly and through their elected representatives. At a technical level, the vetting was supposed to measure at least three "suitability" tests.