Gov’t suspends public sector hiring/ Recruitment, Halts Purchase of Items in Gov’t Offices.
Gov’t suspends public sector hiring/ Recruitment, Halts Purchase of Items in Gov’t Offices: Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u has announced that the government will be suspending recruitment in the public sector as a way of cutting down government expenditure.
He was speaking While reading the 2024/2025 Budget where he highlighted that the suspension would be done for one year as the government aims to balance the budget.
“The expenditure control measures include the suspension of all new recruitment for the next one year,” the CS stated.
In line with this, the government will suspend the purchase of office furniture, refurbishment and Partitioning across government offices.
He stated, “We should ensure that our scarce resources are used in the most efficient and effective way. In order to move towards a balanced budget and improve efficiency in spending the following bold actions have been outlined including curtailing spending on foreign travels.”
“We will minise government expenditure through the use of technology and this will entail the use of Wi-Fi and emails for efficient communication. We will review insurance schemes such as Edu Afya and align them with the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF),” the CS added.
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