Civil servants will not be sacked, says Interior PS
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu is assisted in biometric registration at Ardhi House in Nairobi on September 1,2014, during the start of the Civil Servants Biometric registration. PHOTO| EVANS HABIL |
What you need to know:
- She said savings due to payroll cleansing and deployment and redeployment of staff were some of the benefits to be realised
- The PS said the ministry had identified warrant execution as one of the challenging areas and it had completed making amendments
The biometric registration of civil servants is not meant to pave the way for the retrenchment of government workers, a PS has said.
The registration only sought to determine optimal staffing levels, Principal Secretary for Coordination Josephta Mukobe said on Sunday.
“There is a general misconception that the main purpose of the exercise is to retrench public servants. As your Principal Secretary, I want to assure that it is not and never has been the intention,” Ms Mukobe said.
She said savings due to payroll cleansing and deployment and redeployment of staff were some of the benefits to be realised.
“This will also improve the working conditions of the public servants.”
The PS, who was addressing a workshop for probation directors and programme officers in Nakuru, said the department, which is under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination, had made progress in ensuring administration of justice.
She said the number of warrants of arrest executed had increased.
The PS said the ministry had identified warrant execution as one of the challenging areas and it had completed making amendments.
She cited the Victims of Offences Act, Victim Protection Act and the State Law Amendment Bill 2014.
“This has helped in sending a strong signal to the offenders that they will be arrested if they don’t comply with court orders.”
Ms Mukobe said new functions had been given to the department, including the power of mercy.
