Registration of civil servants starts Monday
President Uhuru Kenyatta. The 20 per cent pay cut pledge President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto made many months ago has finally been effected. FILE PHOTO | PSCU |
What you need to know:
- The exercise will be launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta who will be registered at his office at 9a.m. Deputy President William Ruto and the Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero will then be registered in their respective offices.
- A dispatch from the Devolution ministry Saturday said they will be required to produce an original ID card, a completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates, letter of first appointment and a letter of the current substantive post.
The biometric registration of all public servants will kick off Monday across the country as the government moves to rid the payroll of ghost workers and reduce the public wage bill.
The exercise will be launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta who will be registered at his office at 9a.m. Deputy President William Ruto and the Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero will then be registered in their respective offices.
The biometric registration, which is aimed at expunging ghost workers from the payroll, will be completed by end of October, this year.
Public servants working in ministries, departments and agencies at the national and county governments will be required to physically present themselves at the identification centres.
A dispatch from the Devolution ministry Saturday said they will be required to produce an original ID card, a completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates, letter of first appointment and a letter of the current substantive post.
Other required documents are current payslip and a birth certificate. Additional data such as photographs and fingerprints will be added to details already in the database.
“At the end of the exercise, persons who will not have been authenticated and their whereabouts not accounted for in terms of authorised leave or absence due to travel and other reasons will be deemed to be “ghost workers” and will be eliminated from the public service payroll,” said the statement from ministry.
The Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS) Saturday made a u-turn and backed the exercise following assurances from the government. “If the exercise will not victimise any employee then we have no problem. Our work if protect our members,” said UKCS secretary general Tom Odege.
