According to the PSC chairman, the decision to embrace the far-reaching changes in the public service is informed by thorough studies which have revealed that lazy staff are baggage. He spoke yesterday during the launch of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission's Public Sector Wage Bill study at a Nairobi hotel. Unlike the performance contracting, the new guidelines will affect the more than 600,000 civil servants already in employment at various cadres to align them to competence-driven performance. Under the proposed guidelines, the promotion of civil servants will be based on the existence of vacancies, minimum qualifications per grade and professional development. The government's decision to reform the public service has been informed by the need to tame the ballooning public sector wage bill which now stands at Sh733 billion annually.

Source: The Star June 19, 2019 04:36 UTC