Head of Public Service and Chief of Staff Felix Koskei has given public officers who missed a compulsory virtual training on tackling impunity a second opportunity to attend the sessions.
His office has cautioned that those who skip the training again will be noted, with unspecified action expected to follow.
The second wave of the mandatory zoom meetings began last Monday and is scheduled to conclude this Friday.
The training is part of an ongoing government push to reinforce discipline, efficiency and accountability across the civil service.
In a notice to ministries and departments, Principal Administrative Secretary Arthur Osiya urged supervisors to ensure all officers who failed to attend the earlier sessions take part in the ongoing ones.
“Please bring the above notice to the attention of all your staff who missed an opportunity to be trained during the November 3rd to 7th week,” Osiya said.
“Please remind them that the virtual trainings on the Matrix of Lawful Consequences for Infractions in the Public Service were extended and will be conducted every day this week, Monday, 17 to Friday 21 at 2:00pm.”
Osiya added that all staff are required to register for a day convenient to them through a link provided in the memo.
“Please note that all staff should be trained and will be required to pick a convenient day while registering in the form. The registration link is provided,” he said.
He emphasised that the Office of the Head of Public Service will maintain a register of all public servants who attend the training.
Last month, Koskei directed that all public officers participate in a mandatory sensitisation and training programme aimed at strengthening the government’s efforts to curb inefficiency, impunity and corruption.
Officers were instructed to log into the sessions via a designated Zoom link over a two-week period.
The forums are being used to reiterate the responsibilities of public officers in upholding discipline and integrity, and to reinforce the government’s expectations regarding adherence to lawful procedures.
Officers attending the meetings are also required to submit their particulars including names, designations and the public entities they represent which must be posted in the chat section to ensure they are captured in the meeting records.
Meanwhile, Koskei has commenced his working visit to London, United Kingdom, where he began engagements with senior UK officials on governance reforms and ongoing bilateral cooperation.
On Tuesday, he held discussions with Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service, at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall.
“I extend my sincere gratitude to Sir Chris Wormald for his warm reception and constructive dialogue, which laid the foundation for further collaboration,” Koskei said in a statement.
The talks focused on reviewing the status of existing project partnerships between Kenya and the UK, with emphasis on governance reforms and other shared priorities.
Koskei said his delegation will, over the coming days, meet various UK institutions including the Public Sector Fraud Authority, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Home Office, Ministry of Defence and His Majesty’s Treasury.
The engagements aim to advance governance
reforms and strengthen the Kenya-UK strategic partnership across multiple
sectors.
