Digital kit to weed out fake civil servants
Uhuru has his fingerprints taken as government launches biometric registration of all public workers in latest attempt to manage wage bill
GOVERNMENT | Era of ghost workers appears to be nearing end
Fresh registration of civil servants started yesterday in yet another attempt to smoke out fake workers and fraudsters. In this round of registration, workers are required to give their fingerprints, have their retinas scanned and photos taken. To ensure only bona fide civil servants are in the books and their qualifications are properly captured, each civil servant is required to present an original national identity card, completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates.
They must also have letters of first and present appointments, a current payslip and a birth certificate. President Kenyatta kicked off the exercise and was himself registered in a process that is also intended to ensure that workers are earning salaries based on their qualifications. Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, who is in charge of the listing, said: “With the registration of all public workers, I hope that within a short time we will be able to put to rest the issue of ghost workers.” President Kenyatta said besides identifying bogus workers, the registration would entrench efficiency and effectiveness in the public service. He launched the drive at State House, Mombasa. “It is in your best interest that you get registered lest you are counted as a ghost worker,” President Kenyatta told State employees.
He assured them that no one would be victimised. Planning Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti said workers who fail to register by October 11 will be considered as “ghost workers” and struck off the service payroll. The PS, who led the drive at Harambee House in Nairobi, said all ministries in the national and county governments would be covered.
Mr Mangiti said recording of National Government employees would go on until September 13, while those working for the county governments are required to register from September 14 to October 11. He said the State had trained over 700 senior civil servants to conduct the exercise under the inter-governmental committee on joint Capacity Assessment and Rationalisation of the Public Service (Carps). “By the end of the two month-period for the registry, the State will be able to align government structures, processes and programmes to the mandate of the national and county governments,” he said.
Digital Registration. A move in the right Direction, Isn't it?
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Fresh registration of civil servants started yesterday in yet another attempt to smoke out fake workers and fraudsters. In this round of registration, workers are required to give their fingerprints, have their retinas scanned and photos taken. To ensure only bona fide civil servants are in the books and their qualifications are properly captured, each civil servant is required to present an original national identity card, completed biometric data form, original academic and professional certificates.
They must also have letters of first and present appointments, a current payslip and a birth certificate. President Kenyatta kicked off the exercise and was himself registered in a process that is also intended to ensure that workers are earning salaries based on their qualifications. Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, who is in charge of the listing, said: “With the registration of all public workers, I hope that within a short time we will be able to put to rest the issue of ghost workers.” President Kenyatta said besides identifying bogus workers, the registration would entrench efficiency and effectiveness in the public service. He launched the drive at State House, Mombasa. “It is in your best interest that you get registered lest you are counted as a ghost worker,” President Kenyatta told State employees.
He assured them that no one would be victimised. Planning Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti said workers who fail to register by October 11 will be considered as “ghost workers” and struck off the service payroll. The PS, who led the drive at Harambee House in Nairobi, said all ministries in the national and county governments would be covered.
Mr Mangiti said recording of National Government employees would go on until September 13, while those working for the county governments are required to register from September 14 to October 11. He said the State had trained over 700 senior civil servants to conduct the exercise under the inter-governmental committee on joint Capacity Assessment and Rationalisation of the Public Service (Carps). “By the end of the two month-period for the registry, the State will be able to align government structures, processes and programmes to the mandate of the national and county governments,” he said.
Digital Registration. A move in the right Direction, Isn't it?
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