The Public Service Commission (PSC) has called for a shift towards skill-driven training for public servants.
PSC Chairperson Ambassador Anthony Muchiri emphasized the need for such training, stating that the commission will collaborate with the Kenya School of Government (KSG) to achieve this goal.
Muchiri noted that the partnership is designed to provide targeted, skill-focused training for public servants.
He also highlighted that improving training programs is crucial to addressing the current service delivery challenges. The collaboration with KSG will focus on enriching these programs to better meet the needs of public servants and improve overall service quality.
“PSC and KSG to collaborate in streamlining training curricula for public servants, PSC Chairperson Anthony Muchiri has called for skill-driven training for public servants,” read part of the statement.
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PSC Calls for Improved Training
In addition, PSC Chairperson also urged the KSG to collaborate with key stakeholders to enrich the training programmes for the public servants to improve the quality-of-service delivery.
Kenya School of government led by council Charles Nyachae stated that the deteriorating service delivery in the public can be highly attributed to lack of trainings.
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“The deteriorating service delivery in the public institutions can be largely attributed to lack of continuous and proper training of the officers and we have to change this,” said Muchiri.
Earlier, PSC stated that it had received petition from representatives of interns who had previously served in ministries, State Departments, Agencies((MDAs) and County governments under the Public Service Internship Programme (PSIP), Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) programme.
This petition came after Gen Z made several demands including an end to corruption and nepotism within the public service, an audit of hiring practices since 2018, the removal of ghost workers, the dismissal of individuals with fake certificates, and the enforcement of retirement age policies.
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However, the commission explained that, procedurally, it recruits on behalf of public institutions and employs individuals based on requests from MDAs.
“MDAs submit requests to the Commission after receiving approval from the National Treasury on the availability of funds to cater for employment. Job vacancy indents received by PSC from MDAs detail qualifications and number of staff required,” reads the statement in part.
“The Commission then recruits, selects, and submits names of successful candidates to respective MDAs for formal offer of employment.”
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