Gov’t Suspends Public Service Recruitment for One Year
Kenyans have expressed their concerns after the government through the Treasury announced that it is suspending public service recruitment for one year.
Speaking while reading the 2024/25 budget, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u said that the government has taken this step as a way of reducing expenditure moving forward.
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“The expenditure control measures include the suspension of all new recruitment for the next one year. We should ensure that our scarce resources are used in the most efficient and effective way.”
Jobless kenyans took to social media to condemn the government over this step being the biggest employer while other companies are exiting the kenyan market due to the high taxation imposed on them.
In addition, the Treasury CS noted that the government will suspend the purchase of office furniture across government offices for one year as another control measure. This will also include suspension for office refurbishments and partitioning.
“In order to move towards a balanced budget and improve efficiency in spending the following bold actions have been outlined including curtailing spending on foreign travels.”
However, the government will be auditing the payroll as a way of enhancing expenditure in payment of salaries to the already employed civil servants.
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“We will minise government expenditure through the use of technology and this will entail the use of Wi-Fi and emails for efficient communication. We will review insurance schemes such as Edu Afya and align them with the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).”
Kenyans while calling out the government said that it’s unfair the ammount allocated to non essentials as graduate youths continue to languish in poverty over joblessness.