The goverment should know the current civil servants would not even be expensive to maintain if they just got creative with their utilization. We have technocrats in government who are afraid to think, afraid to dream and afraid to try, 2014 public service does not need such negativity. That is why the best they can think of on reducing the wage bill, is to cut salaries, freeze employment and retrench, these are so 1998 HRM strategies. We are in 21 century, and SRC must accept these. Unfortunately technocrats in the civil service are acting like dead wood, no dynamism, no creativity, just happy with the status quo. Imagine if KRA would ensure all their services are available 24 hours a day, time, stress and costs that would save Kenyans a lot. Mind you, for there to be night shift in government there is no need for further employment, parastatals and civil service are bloated as they are. TSC, NHIF, NSSF ,MED BOARD,CLINICAL BOARD,KMLTTB,VETERINARY BOARD,NYAYO HOUSE,IMMIGRATION,REGISTRATION OF BIRTH AND DEATH NURSING COUNCIL, all these offices are always jammed during the day....just introduce night shift and see efficiency rise 100% in 6 months.

Look at how much time Immigration waste in the morning as their staff get ready, shifts would mean seamless uninterrupted operations. The Judiciary wastes hours in the morning preparing for cases, imagine if that started at night and cases kicked off at exactly 8am. The AG's office for example is a nightmare especially when registering businesses, imagine what 24 hrs operations in that office could do? That would mean you save almost 2 days and other costs to access the same service. Supermarkets, petrol stations, hotels etc are also evidence that you do not need to run an office for 8 hrs then shut down for 16 hrs, government must learn from the private sector especially the manufacturing industry on how shifts and night operations can work efficiently. There is no reason for example why clerical work in government offices should not be done at night without distractions.

Both national and county governments just need to provide necessary security at night...even the daytime road traffic would reduce with offices opening at night. There is no justification for 700,000 civil servants who all work 8am -5pm with a 1 hour lunch break to all head home..that is wastage. The government can introduce shifts and night services with the #HudumaKenya centers which would make them serve twice or more Kenyans in a day. If lands offices would embrace shifts and night services, getting a title deed would stop being a process but an event. If Immigration offices for example were to embrace shifts it would mean your ID processing can move from 1 month to maximum 2 weeks.

It does not make sense to make Kenyans wait for services for long just because we run offices 8am-5pm and waste all the other night hours, that is pure lethargy, laziness and sheer inefficiency?


Currently if I want to access service in a government office, I would need to take leave from work which is totally absurd and wasteful. Now that the government has merged ministries, they can use the excess staff to introduce shifts and night services instead of retrenchment.  Using the same number of civil servants and even operating up to midnight would mean same number produces 50% more at same cost. Then why not make Kenya a 24 hour economy? Pay civil servants per hour, pay people according to work load, no wastage of money or time, government should stop blanket salary for example Kshs100,000 per month


The government also assumes that  going online helps all Kenyans, 90% of HR practitioners in government need refresher training. 70%+ can not read, write or access internet services. Even if you take all government services online how have you helped the majority of rural Kenyans who have never even seen a computer and have no access to electricity?

Efficiency and easy access to government services would reduce corruption by 70% because you would not need to bribe to have things 'fast tracked'


 

Nothing makes anyone look and sound so stupid as trying to justify every mistake made by the government just because you work for it, we all do!


 

Unfortunately President UHURU KENYATTA appears not to take advice nor give feedback!