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County government has become
primary employer of our youth and
residents employing more than
3,000 persons of all cadres across
all sectors with more than 70%
being youth.
Total of 2,753 employees engaged
by the County Government: 2,030
are permanent and pensionable
staff, 216 on contract and 509 is
casual terms
-Governor Roba

The Public Service board conducting training for ward administrators on the code of conduct,
national values and strategic plan.
Efficient delivery of Public Service

he Mandera County Public Service Board ern Kenya’and mission to ‘To provide transfor- the residents of Mandera County.
has attracted and recruited over 2,500 mative, highly qualified and diverse human re-
Tmembers of staff across the county for sources within a supportive work environment.’ Plans and Programmes
both technical and support services. The Public Service Board aspires to provide • Development of appropriate policies, values,
quality human resource services to attract, de- standards, systems and processes inhuman
The Board also established and operational- velop, motivate and retain diverse workforce resource management and development.
ized the Mandera Water and Sewage Com- within a supportive work environment. It does • Capacity development and management of
pany and the Municipality, which are offering this with an emphasis on service delivery based human resource.
essential services to the residents of Mandera. on consultation and communication within all • Budget for and recruitment of the remaining
the communities in Mandera County. key staff for the county.
The Board developed two manuals which will • Continuous sensitization for all staff in the
greatly improve service delivery and the two The board’s Committees county on national values and principles of
documents are an Induction Handbook for all The Board has established three main commit- public service.
staff/new recruits in the county and Code of tees to operationalize its mandate. The com- • Development of a database of persons living
Conduct to guide in the expected behaviour mittees are: with disability in Mandera County with the help
and values of all county staff. The books were • Establishment, Recruitment and Selection, of the National Council of Persons Living with
developed and published by the Board and Training and Development. Disability.
distributed to all departments. • Discipline, Compliance and Ethics, and HR • Provide and lobby for budgetary allocation
Audit. for purposes of training and sensitizing public
In an effort towards enhancing efficient and • HR Planning, Performance Management, officers on the national values and principles of
effective service delivery and management of Finance and Administration. public service.
human resource at various departmental level, • Carry out annual comprehensive human re-
the Board delegated some of its human re- The role of each committee is to coordinate source audit and payroll cleansing.
source functions to the Departmental Human activities within its mandate and make the • Monitor and review performance manage-
Resource Management Advisory Committee. necessary recommendations to the Board for ment processes in the county.
consideration and decision. Each committee • Review all the staff cases due for promotion
The Board conducted sensitization pro- comprises a chairperson and members of the from on need basis.
grammes on promotion of national values and Board, supported by the Secretariat. • Carry out baseline survey on the status of the
principles of governance as enshrined in Article County Public Service in terms of compliance
10 and 232 of the Constitution to all the county The mandate of the Board is contained in Sec- with national values and principles of gover-
staff members in all the sub-counties. tion 59 of the County Government Acts 2012. nance.
These include establishing and abolishing of- • Review and implement the County Public
The Board was also able to promote, upgrade fices in the County Public Service, appointing Human Resources manual and other existing
and re-designate about 280 staff across the persons who hold and act in offices of the pub- policies.
departments. The promotion is an ongoing lic service, among others duties. • Ensure a proper and working organizational
process and the Board ensures that depart- structure for each department and the corre-
ments promote their staff when they are due for The Board has managed to put in place critical sponding optimum staff establishment to en-
promotion after meeting all the requirements. structures to enable the County Government to sure that county achieves its mandate.
operate efficiently and effectively. It has also • The Board will ensure sensitization and train-
The Board’s work is in line with its vision to ensured that all the departments receive ad- ing in code of conduct, national values and
‘Build the most efficient public service in North- equate staff to enable them deliver services to strategic plan to all the county staff in 2018.