Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has stated that the process of filling vacant chief and assistant chief positions is already underway.
The Interior Minister stated in plenary on Wednesday that there is currently a plan in place to recruit and interview candidates for the aforementioned positions.
He also stated that positions where interviews have been completed will be filled within 90 days.
“The vacancies are a result of natural attrition, dismissal from service for officers after their cases have been concluded by the Courts or Public Service Commission, and there are no pending appeals before the Courts, promotion of the officeholders to higher offices, resignation and redesignation of the officer holders,” Kindiki told the House.
The CS was responding to questions raised by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute and other Senators on the recruitment and deployment of Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs.
Kindiki added that the process of filling vacant positions is governed by the Scheme of Service for Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs, as well as the Service Regulations.
According to the regulations, once a unit becomes vacant, a five-step process is initiated to fill it.
It begins with the declaration of the vacant position, followed by an advertisement of the vacant position, and finally by interviews with the applicants.
The fourth step is to submit applications for appointments, and then successful applicants are appointed.
The appointments will allow for a streamlined administration structure across the country’s eight regions, 47 counties, 378 sub-counties, 982 divisions, 3,955 locations, and 9,045 sub-locations.
