The Constitution of Kenya contains important commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment and provides the National Values and Principles that bind all Kenyans in implementing public policies including those that relate to the marginalized groups. To effectively implement these constitutional provisions, it is necessary to formulate a comprehensive National Gender and Development Policy. The…
The Executive Order No.2 of 2018, bestows the State Department for Gender Affairs with the functions of gender policy management, special programmes for women’s empowerment, and gender mainstreaming in MCDAs, domestication of international treaties and conventions on gender, and policy and programmes on gender- based violence. To deliver on its mandate, the Department designed a…
The Public Service Transformation Framework is a great milestone in the Public Sector Reforms. This Framework ushers in a new phase of reforms guided by the Constitution and the Kenya Vision 2030. It takes into account the aspirations of global and regional frameworks including Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) and the African Union Agenda 2063. For…
The Public Service Delivery Innovation Strategy is part of a broader effort to modernize public services in Kenya. It demonstrates the priority Government has placed on the role of innovation. The Strategy seeks to harness and mainstream public service delivery innovation across the public service to deliver effective, equitable and quality services for the achievement…
The development of the Norms and Standards for Management of the Human Resource in the Public Service, under the guidance of the Inter-Governmental Steering Committee, is a key milestone as it provides the tool for repositioning the Human Resource Management for efficient service delivery. The Public Service is one of the Cornerstone in the Implementation…
The Government recognizes that an efficient and effective Public Service is a major driver in the realisation of the aspirations of Kenyans for timely and cost-effective delivery of public services. The development of theCompetency Framework for the Public Service is a step forward in transforming the Public Serviceand represents a paradigm shift in the management…
The Government recognizes that the human resource is the engine that drives the socio-economic transformation of the Country. For the human resource to effectively steer the transformation process, there is need for strategies to be put in place to optimize its utilization. The development of the Human Resource Strategy Framework for the Public Service is…
A survey conducted by National Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse Authority (2012) indicates the lifetime usage of alcohol in the Public Sector is at 57.9%, which is markedly higher than the National average at 39.2%. This is likely to hamper quality service delivery and realization of Vision 2030. Workplace substance abuse has the potential…
The Kenya Government has continuously developed and implemented policies geared towards the well-being of the public servants. As a result, in 2008 the Government developed the Public Service Guidance and Counselling Policy. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, in Article 43. (1a) provides that every Kenyan has the right to the highest attainable standard of health,…