More than 600 hopefuls had by Tuesday afternoon submitted their applications for Chief Administrative Secretary positions, sources told the Star.
This comes a week after the Public Service Commission gave the go ahead for candidates to apply for CAS jobs.
The commission will close the exercise on October 27 before it begins shortlisting successful individuals.
At the commission’s offices, politicians and high-ranking state officers, both current and former, could be seen entering one after the other to drop their applications.
Among those who have shown interest in the positions are those who missed out on recent Cabinet appointments.
“I'm here to drop my application, KRA had initially failed to clear me over some issues otherwise I would have applied for the other position,” former Bomet Senator Christopher Langat said.
The commission is seeking to fill 22 positions in the ministries.
"Contrary to public speculation, the commission has not cancelled the advert for recruitment of the Chief Administrative Secretary," he said.
PSC has already collected views from the public on the regularisation of the positions in an exercise that was concluded on October 6.
Meanwhile, the interviews for the PS position continued on Tuesday, with PSC having concluded 420.
The commission will on Wednesday interview 60 others before it takes a break on Thursday.
Each of the candidates is allocated between five to 10 mins.
