Uhuru Kenyatta launches biometric registration of civil servants
President Uhuru Kenyatta, assisted by Doreen Nalo, a senior consultant with Ernst & Young, gets his fingerprints taken during the launch of the civil service registration programme at State House in Mombasa. Behind Ms Nalo is Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. PHOTO | PSCU
What you need to know:
- President Kenyatta assured Kenyans that the exercise is not meant to victimise anyone but to ensure that all public servants are accounted for.
- To register, public servants are required to present an original national ID card, a completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates, letters of first and current appointments, a current payslip and a birth certificate.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday launched the registration of civil servants, registering himself as a public officer.
The government hopes the registration will rid it of ghost workers and entrench efficiency and effectiveness in public service.
Speaking at State House in Mombasa, the venue of the launch, President Kenyatta, who was the first to get registered, was confident that the initiative would instil quality in the civil service.
“With the biometric registration of all public servants, I hope that within a short time we will be able to put to rest the issue of ghost workers in the public service and ensure efficient management of public resources,” President Kenyatta said.
He assured Kenyans that the exercise, which will verify staff on the government payroll and their qualifications, is not meant to victimise anyone but to ensure that all public servants are accounted for.
President Uhuru Kenyatta after registering as a public servant at State House in Mombasa. PHOTO | PSCU
The President called on all public servants to cooperate and participate in the registration exercise to expedite its completion.
“It is in your best interest that you get registered lest you are counted as a ghost worker,” President Kenyatta told public servants.
He said the exercise would be rolled out across the national and county governments and all government agencies.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, who is leading the registration exercise, thanked the President for leading by example by being the first public servant to register.
To register, the public servants are required to present an original national ID card, a completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates, letters of first and current appointments, a current payslip and a birth certificate.
The registration is expected to start with employees of the National Government before moving to county staff and is expected to have been completed by the end of October this year.
