As the government seeks to curb the menace in the public institutions, more State corporations may soon be scrapped or merged to streamline operations.
A taskforce has been formed to look into areas of overlaps and duplications and make recommendations to the public Service Commission (PSC).
PSC chair Stephen Kirogo said the nine-member taskforce will also review the mandate and relevance of State enterprises.
“We recognise that the sector, when well tapped, can accelerate development by expanding the size of the economy and creating employment opportunities,” he said during the launch of the taskforce on Tuesday.
Members of the taskforce include Jane Chege (chairperson) and members Wanjiku Wakogi, Philip Nyinyi and Vincent Nyangilo. Others are Simon Indimuli, Kennedy Ondieki, Jacqueline Manani, William Migwi and Maina Weru.
The taskforce will also review the terms for chairpersons, chief executive officers, chancellors and vice chancellors of public universities, board members, management and unionisable staff of State corporations.
FAKE JOBS
Meanwhile, PSC has also advised Kenyans not to fall into the trap of unscrupulous people who are advertising fake jobs.
The advert advised would be job seekers to pay a non-refundable fee in order to be recruited.
Applicants were to pay Sh2,700 for a “medical assessment” which the cons claimed was a subsidised rate with the government paying the Sh2,7000 balance.
“The Public Service Commission dissociates itself from an ongoing jobs recruitment exercise whose advert is currently circulating on social media purporting to be from the Commission,” PSC said.
The commission advised those seeking public service jobs to always check its website to confirm the validity of the adverts before engaging further.
The fake job advert had required applicants to provide their academic certificates, ID and passport size photo among other documents.