County Public Service Board

MANDATE OF THE BOARD

The overall goal of the Board is to have an effective and efficient Public Service in the County for excellent service delivery to wananchi. The specific roles of the Board as enshrined in the constitution include:

• Establishing and abolishing offices in the Public Service
• Appointing persons to hold or act in those offices, and confirming appointments.
• Exercising disciplinary control over and removing persons holding or acting in those offices Following its establishment and pursuant to its mandate, the KCPSB has planned to undertake the following activities to promote and accelerate development of Kakamega County:

1. In the Short Term;

• Focus will be on creation of structures, systems, procedures and policies necessary for efficient and effective functioning of the County Government. Besides these, key personnel to provide the requisite leadership and direction are to be recruited. These include Chief Officers, Sub-County Administrators, County Secretary and Principal Liaison Officer.
• Determination and realization of an optimal staff level as well as the right mix of the necessary skills and meet the goal. To do this, the Board intends to procure services of an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive audit on staff and facilities.

        2. In the Long Term, and considering that the County is endowed with a large human resource, the Board has planned to do the following, among others in order to promote development and creation of wealth in the region;

• To ensure they recruit qualified personnel as and when required to offer the expertise in the various areas of work and enterprise in order to maximize on outcomes (quality, quantity, profit etc.).
• In the event of any noticeable shortfall due to one or several reasons, the Board will endeavour to introduce/apply appropriate interventions to improve on outcomes. Such interventions will include, placing staff on training and/ or development programmes, benchmarking with other organizations within or outside the country and carrying out periodic monitoring and evaluation to ensure quality products and services the first time, and all times.