CSs Mwangi Kiunjuri (Devolution) and Eugene Wamalwa (Water and Irrigation) and several top civil servants are resigning next month to run for office. Civil servants planning to run for election must resign by February 8, six month before the election on August 8. The Elections Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016, requires public servants to leave office early because of a tight political parties nominations calendar. CS Wamalwa, who earlier had declared he will run for Nairobi governor, has since decided to run for Trans Nzoia boss. Some public servants have already tendered their resignations, including Ombudsman Otiende Amollo, chairman of the Commission on Administrative of Justice.

Source: The Star January 18, 2017 23:11 UTC