Ruto directs immediate retirement of all govt employees aged 60 and above, dissolves 47 state corporations
President Ruto directs immediate retirement of all govt employees aged 60 and above as he dissolves 47 state corporations
President Ruto directs immediate retirement of all govt employees aged 60 and above as he dissolves 47 state corporations
President William Ruto on Friday directed government employees who have attained the age of sixty years and above to immediately proceed to retirement.
The Head of State while addressing the press at State House in Nairobi, ordered the said officers to vacate office without further extension of the deadline.
“Henceforth, public servants who attain the retirement age of 60 years shall be required to immediately proceed with retirement,” President Ruto directed.
“They are directed to do this with no extensions to their tenure of service,” he added.
In addition, Ruto announced the dissolving of 47 state corporations in a move to cut government spending after the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024.
President Ruto said the functions of the state agencies will now be integrated into their respective ministries.
“Forty-seven state corporations with overlapping and duplicating functions will be dissolved resulting in the elimination of their operation and maintenance costs and their functions will be integrated into their respective ministries,” said President Ruto.
The Head of State noted that staff from the affected 47 corporations will be transferred to other ministers and state agencies within the government.
“Staff currently employed by the affected corporation will be transferred to ministries and state agencies within government,” Ruto stated.
The president also announced the suspension of the positions of the Chief Administrative Positions (CAS).
President Ruto further notified Kenyans to brace for more radical changes within the government.
He stated above decisions were part of the austerity measures taken by the government following the withdrawal of the defunct Finance Bill 2024.
“These measures will be followed by changes in government that I shall be announcing,” Ruto stated.
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According to the Head of State, the government was determined to carry out several recommended changes to improve the quality, efficiency, and transparency in serving Kenyan.
“I believe these changes will set our country on a trajectory towards economic take-off, enabling us to achieve the strategic objectives of the bottom-up economic transformation agenda,” Ruto said.
President Ruto’s directive comes hours after Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Moses Kuria, announced the suspension of recruitment within the government.
In a notice to the PSC boss, CS Kuria attributed the move to the austerity measures recommended by the National Treasury following the withdrawal of the defunct Finance Bill 2024.
Kuria also noted the move aligned with the recommendation to reduce the Wage bill to 35 percent of revenue as provided in the Public Finance Management Act 2012.
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