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Time to free civil service from clutches of political patronage

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Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

That the civil service needs streamlining cannot be gainsaid. There is a political deficit around the world, not of states, but of modern states that are capable, impersonal, well organised and a guarantor of order and security.

This is because as societies pursue the promise of upward social mobility, the rate of social mobilisation rapidly outstrips the capacity of the existing institutions to accommodate new demands.

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