GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3264

in accordance with the provisions of section 59 (1) of the County Governments Act which requires the County Public Service Board to prepare and submit a report on its operations and activities to the County Assembly at the end of each financial year. The Report which is the seventh since the inception of the Board, outlines the performance of the Board on its mandate from 1st July, 2019 to 30th June, 2020. 1. Budget allocations During the Financial Year 2019/2020, the Board's allocation was Kshs. 45,071,178 which was 100% recurrent during the supplementary within the year, a net reduction of Kshs 5,772,134 was effected to the board's budget under various vote heads. 2. Committees of the Board. During the year under review the Boards Committees were reviewed from five to three namely: (a) Human Resource and Terms of Service. (b) Administration, Finance and Public Relations. (c) Audit, Legal and Compliance. (d) In addition, ADHOC committees were formed to deal with specific issues as and when they arise. 3. Performance of the Board by Function During the year under review, the Board discharged its functions as below. 3.1 Appointments Position Terms of service No. Department VTC Instructors Permanent 2 Education ECDE Caregivers Contract 4 Education Municipal Manager Contract I Municipality Universal Health Coverage Contract 253 Public Service Commission Universal Health Coverage Interns 105 Public Service Commission 3.2 Other Activities The following activities where done within the year under review. Activity No. Department Exits (By various forms) 46 Various Department Training 25 Various Department Promotion 4 Public Service Board Re-designation I Health Absorption 1 Health Posting by the Ministry of Health 1 Health 3.3 Values and Principles of Public Service. In order to comply with values and principles the board ensured that: 1. Observance of fair competition in appointment and promotions 2. Human Dignity, Equality, Social justice. Inclusiveness, Equality, Human rights, on-discrimination and Protection of the Marginalized 3. Sharing and Devolution of Powers by Delegating of functions. 4. Good Governance, Integrity, Transparency and Accountability. In performance of its function, the board experienced the following challenges: (a) Inadequate resources, (b) The emergence of Covid 19 pandemic, (c) Inadequate funding/Low budgetary allocation hindering optimal performance of various functions, (d) Agitations from unions, (e) Usurpation of the powers of the board, W Conflicting mandates, 1604 THE KENYA G AZETTE 9th April, 2021 (g) Low ICT network coverage in the county leading to limited access to information including application of jobs, (h) Inadequate office space. None adheres to County Public Service Board advisories, recommendations and delegated functions hence non-compliance. In order to enhance service delivery to the public, the board plans to ensure the implementation of Performance management framework and cascade it to all staff in the public service. Further the board intends to undertake a customer survey to ascertain the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery within the county. Capacity building of staff in various areas cannot be overemphasized. The board also recommends the use of an Integrated Human Resource Management System for effective management of its human resource function. Dated the 19th January, 2021. DORCAS BIWOTT, MR/1943966 Ag. Board Secretary.