Politics
President Uhuru Kenyatta flouts ban on venue for State Retreats
The lawmakers also thwarted allocations of Sh293 million to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning for the civil service reform secretariat. “Although recruitment is required in some key areas such as security, this House must demand a stay on any increase in the wage bill until a concrete policy position on the comprehensive way forward,” said the Chairman of the House Committee Mutava Musyimi (Mbeere South) when he moved the report.
The closest Esipisu came to agreeing with the MPs is when he said that the ban on hiring staff in State corporations will stay. “The ban will last as long as it takes to clean up the civil service register so that we know who works for us, we know what talent we require and which people to bring in, and which people need to leave and then we can start hiring afresh,” said Esipisu in an interview early Tuesday with a local FM radio station.
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