Over 43,000 Public Servants Expected To Retire; Gov’t Spokesperson Mwaura Announces
Over 43,000 Public Servants Expected To Retire; Gov’t Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has said over 43,000 people are expected to retire in the next five years.
He cited that the vacant seats will be filled by the youths noting that that this year alone, there will be over seven thousand job vacancies for young people.
He stated,”Kwa ujumla watu ambao wataweza kustaafu kwa miaka mitano inayokuja ni watu zaidi ya watu 43,976,”
According to data from The Public Service Commission, there are more than 4,500 civil servants aged 60 and above as of December 2023.
Another 25,879, from the reporting 520 agencies, were aged between 56 and 60 years, all of whom will hit retirement age in the next three years.
The PSC Human Resource Policies and Procedures Manual, 2016, sets civil servants’ mandatory retirement age at 60 while Persons with disabilities are allowed an extra five years.
As of December 2023, the institutions of higher learning had at least 2,573 staffers aged above 60 years. Those aged between 56-60 years were 3,362.
State corporations, the PSC data shows, had the second-highest number at 1,081. Those turning 60 within the next three years were 10,889.
At least 775 workers would be exited from ministries and state departments while another 10,407 will leave by the end of the next three years.
Constitutional commissions will have to release 23 members of its workforce while 348 others will have to leave in the next three years.
Tvets had 91 civil servants aged 60 and above and four at statutory commissions.
The representation of officers above 60 years was 1.8 per cent, which increased from the 1.3 per cent reported in the financial year 2021-22.
Overall, those in the, or approaching the retirement bracket accounted for 12 per cent of the 253,318 officers in public service at that time.
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