• The commission chairman however said the new president shall decide on the fate of the position of chief administrative secretaries.
• High court had ruled in the past that the offices of chief administrative secretaries were unlawful, hence unconstitutional.
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The Public Service Commission has developed guidelines for hiring top public servants and creation of offices, to guide the transition process.
Chairman Antony Muchiri said the commission has developed some nine advisories that will guide how top officials will be hired, as well as inducted into office.
The officials include Principal secretaries, Cabinet secretaries, directors and parastatal chiefs.
The briefs centre on the qualifications and ethical issues to guide the hiring processes, as well as the structures of the new government.
Muchiri said they have evaluated the existing government structures and assessed whether they are fit for purpose or should be abolished or reformed in the next administration.
For example, the commission chairman said the new president shall decide on the fate of the position of chief administrative secretaries.
“We are an independent commission and what we do is subject to adoption by the new president,” he said.
Muchiri said should the new president decide to retain the offices or create new ones, his agency is ready to set them up in line with the enabling laws and constitution.
However, High Court had ruled in the past that the offices of chief administrative secretaries were unlawful, hence unconstitutional.
The CASs are in the rank of defunct assistant ministers.
The advisories also inform on crafting of appointment letters for PSs, delegation instruments and vesting of role of authorised officer and high-level induction programme for Cabinet secretaries and PS.
Others are advisory on exit of serving Principal secretaries and safeguards for seamless continuity of service delivery.
Also, management of existing cohort of advisors and auxiliary personal staff.
Muchiri said the briefs are also about the fate of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services, once the deed of transfer that anchors it on law expires in October.
Asked whether or not the entity will be abolished, the chairman said it was up to the incoming administration to determine its fate, even though the legal instrument elapses in two months.
However, Nairobi governor-elect Johnson Sakaja has said he will seek to abolish the NMS, on day one in office.
Deputy president William Ruto had also expressed his discomfort with the NMS in the past, suggesting that he could go along with Sakaja's thinking.
The PSC said it has prepared for all scenarios about the fate of the body.
It has prepared the advisory on devolution, intergovernmental relations and modalities for transition of staff from the NMS and how they should be absorbed back to the national government.
Further, Muchiri also said his papers also cover how the evaluation of the performance of public servants can be re-institutionalised, managed, reformed and transformed to enhance quality of the service rendered to the public.
(Edited by Bilha Makokha)