Civil servants won’t be sacked, says Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru

Devolution cabinet secretary Ann Waiguru is welcomed by Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka in Ol Kalou town yesterday. Ms Waiguru was on a tour of various development projects being undertaken by the National Youth Service in the area. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYEKI

The Government has denied allegations that civil servants who did not meet the criteria put up during the Biometric survey will be sacked.

Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru said no worker had been sacked yet as they were finalising the Capacity Assessment and Rationalisation of the Public Service Programme report.

Waiguru said the programme, once complete, will have to be discussed by the national and county governments before being made public.

The report will be debated by the Summit of the Council of Governors, which is chaired by the President. The CS urged Kenyans to be patient and wait for the outcome.

Waiguru was speaking to the press when she toured various development programmes being undertaken by National Youth Service (NYS) in Gilgil town.

She said the projects had been a success, noting that in areas where they have done it before, youths had become self-reliant.

Key areas

The CS said under the slum upgrading programme for four areas in Nairobi; Kibera, Korogocho, Mukuru and Mathare, hundreds of youths benefited from the scheme having saved Sh470 million that they would invest to set up businesses.

Waiguru noted that after the projects, the Government would also send trainers to help the youth as they venture into their businesses.

She said the NYS would work with the youth in rehabilitating roads at the largest informal settlement in the area while a multipurpose social hall would also be renovated.

In Gilgil, she announced goodies for hundreds of jubilant youths who lined up the streets of the sleepy town to receive her saying that green houses would be constructed for them to start agribusiness.

Other projects include the opening up of a Huduma Centre Gilgil, which she said would be complete by December ahead of its commissioning by the President later that month.