President Uhuru Kenyatta has introduced changes in the Cabinet roles. PHOTO | FILE
President Uhuru Kenyatta has cut the powers of principal secretaries and elevated his ministers to take full charge of their dockets in a raft of changes announced on Tuesday.
The Cabinet secretaries now have greater oversight in sanctioning procurement in ministries, departments, parastastals and State-controlled firms, formerly a preserve of PSs.
Duties such as approval of work, procurement and cash flow plans, currently performed by principal secretaries, have been transferred to ministers who will also enjoy a greater role in personnel management.
The Cabinet secretaries are now expected to make decisions to do with hiring, promotion, career progression, discipline and exit for officers to job group “P” and below, currently undertaken by PSs in consultation with the Public Service Commission.
The changes will see the CSs lead major strategic initiatives in their ministries, including approval and attainment of targets and managing integrity and accountability matters, the Cabinet said in a statement.
“These changes follow the structural shifts occasioned by the Constitution that have necessitated a paradigm shift in doctrine and philosophy of the civil service, and its attendant operations, procedures, systems and manuals,” the Cabinet said in a brief issued following the Tuesday meeting.
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