MERU, Kenya, Apr 15 — National government heads of department in Meru County have been urged to identify officers in need of professional counselling services within their offices. The remarks were made by County Commissioner Fred Ndunga during a county human resource advisory committee meeting in his boardroom. Ndunga said heads of department had an obligation to ensure officers working under their supervision were in good mental health for them to deliver the desired quality of services to the public. He admitted that there were several officers struggling to cope with the effects of excessive consumption of alcohol among other substances with nobody caring to initiate any form of intervention. The administrator said the government had deployed a professional counsellor in the county, urging all heads of department to assist any affected officers in their offices to benefit from the free and readily available services.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2022 20:32 UTC