GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 15940

the following values and principles: a. 1 Good governance, Integrity, Transparency and Accountability Several activities were undertaken in the promotion of good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability. These included: (a) Placing Adverts for jobs vacancies in the print media (Daily Nation and The Standard Newspaper) and Nakuru County’s website to give a chance to all eligible candidates. The advertisements attracted a total of 16,561 applicants as under listed: 1. Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries – (6381) 2. Lands, Housing and Physical Planning – (51) 3. Roads, Transport and Public Works (165) 23rd December, 2022 THE KENYA GAZETTE 4. Education, Ict and E-government – (2937) 5. County Public Service Board & Office of the county attorney - (663) 6. Finance and Economic Planning – (6529) (b) Publishing the shortlisted candidates in the Nakuru county government website to promote transparency. (c) The Board with the support of EACC was guided to develop a Code of Conduct and Ethics for the county public service which is awaiting publication. (d) The Board communicated with all departments to comply with the requirements of the Public Officer Ethics Act 2003 on declaration of income, assets and liabilities for the year 2019- 2021. (e) The County Public Service Board engaged experienced professional technical persons from the relevant departments while conducting interviews and promotions. (f) During the interview sessions, the candidates’ knowledge on Values and Principles as outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 were assessed. Attached as appendix 1 are samples of questions asked to the interviewees. Refer to appendix 1 1.1.2 Equity, inclusivity, equality, non-discrimination and protection of the marginalized; The board undertook several activities towards promotion of equity, inclusivity, equality, non-discrimination and protection of the marginalized; they include: (a) The adverts placed on print media and website included a clause (as a deliberate measure) to the effect that the youth, women, persons with disabilities, marginalized and minority communities were encouraged to apply. (b) During shortlisting and appointments, the Board ensured representation of Kenya’s diverse communities, marginalized and minority groups, gender balance and representation of persons with disabilities. (c) During shortlisting and appointments, the Board took deliberate efforts to ensure equitable representation from the 11 sub-counties and 55 wards in the County. 1.1.3 High standards of professional ethics High standards of professionalism was promoted as: (a) The County Public Service Board required shortlisted candidates to submit various clearances from the following government bodies and agencies i.e. HELB, KRA, EACC, DCI during the interviews in compliance with the requirements of chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya. (b) The County Public Service Board requires persons appointed to serve in the county Government to submit an initial wealth declaration within 30 days of accepting an offer of employment within its public service. (c) The newly recruited 116 ECDE teachers were sensitized on the Values and Principles of public service. 1.1.4 Responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services The Board carried out the following activities towards demonstrating its responsiveness to the needs of the public: (a) Publishing the list of shortlisted candidates on the Nakuru County Government website. (b) Follow-up telephone calls were made and text message sent to all short listed candidates detailing information on date and venue of interviews. (c) The County Public Service Board has significantly reduced the turn-around time for the recruitment process. 1.1.5 Involvement of the people in the process of policy making (a) The Board held consultative meetings with departments within the county Government. (b) The Budget process involved public participation. 1.1.6 Accountability for administrative acts (a) The Board initiated development of Board charter to ensure accountability. (b) The Board has instituted disciplinary measures on employees who violated article 10. (c) The Board has undertaken sensitization on the Values and Principles of Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to its members, secretariat and the newly recruited staff to the public service. (d) The Board has put in place a Code of Conduct and Ethics for public officers for Nakuru county which on implementation will enforce compliance with the National Values and Principles of Governanc. 1.1.7 Fair competition and merit as the basis of appointments and promotions; (a) Following advertisements, of the various vacancies within Nakuru County public service, a total of 1663 applicants were shortlisted for the interviews at a ratio of 1:3 to ensure fair competition. (b) The shortlisting exercise was guided by the following principles of public service as per article 232 (1) of the CoK 2010: (h) Representation of Kenya’s diverse communities; and, i) Affording adequate and equal opportunities for appointment, training and advancement, at all levels of the public service, of: (i) men and women; (ii) the members of all ethnic groups; and (iii) persons with disabilities. (c) On appointments, the Nakuru County Public Service Board ensured compliance to the values and principles by: (i) Ensuring that the appointments reflected the diversity of the county’s population of the majority, minority and marginalized ethnic groups; Table 01: Summary of the appointed candidate by ethnicity Dominant communities Non-dominant communities Marginalized communities Kikuyu Kalenjin Kisii Luo Luhya Kamba Meru Others Ogiek Somali Maasai Turkana Others No. 202 103 10 18 16 15 6 5 6 0 9 2 3 % 53.28 25.65 1.97 1.97 5.26 5.26 0.65 1.97 0.65 00 1.31 0.65 1.31 (ii) Ensuring gender distribution was adhered to as per the two thirds gender rule; Department Male Female PWD Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock 57 95 6 Lands and Physical Planning 3 0 0 ICT, e-Government and Vocational Training 21 117 0 Finance and Economic Planning 37 39 5 Roads, Transport and Public Works 14 2 0 CPSB and Office of the County Attorney 5 5 0 Total 137 258 11 % 34.68 65.32 2.78 9260 9260 Table 02: Summary of Recruitment by Gender for the period January - November 2021 (iii) Taking deliberate measures to include Persons with Disability. For example, in the recruitment for the department of Agriculture, the vacancies attracted six (6) applications of persons living with disability. All those who applied were shortlisted, interviewed and appointed as tabulated below. PWDs applicants for the Department of Agriculture. PWD Applicants Shortlisted Interviewed Appointed Percentage 6 6 6 6 100% 1.2 Challenges in the Promotion of the Values and Principles (c) Inadequate vehicles to facilitate movement during monitoring and evaluation activities (d) Inadequate funds to engage consultants to conduct surveys. (e) Covid-19 restrictions inhibited forums to promote and sensitize on the Values and Principles. (f) Inadequate financial capacity to promote the Values and Principles. 1.2 Recommendations (i) Acquisition of motor vehicles to facilitate movement during monitoring and evaluation activities. (ii) Allocation of adequate financial resources to facilitate promotion of the values and principles. (iii) Need for more concerted efforts in encouraging persons with disabilities to apply for vacancies including liaising with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities towards realizing at least 5% recruitment of persons with disabilities. MR/3643225