A joint National Assembly and Senate sitting on March 27, 2014. FILE PHOTO | BILLY MUTAI |
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A plan to radically overhaul State
corporations is on course and will move into the final gear when
Parliament resumes, said the presidential advisor on constitutional
affairs, Mr Mohammed Abdikadir.
Mr Abdikadir told the Daily Nation
that a Bill that will form the legal basis for merging targeted ..............................
firms will be forwarded to the National Assembly when it restarts sitting next month.
firms will be forwarded to the National Assembly when it restarts sitting next month.
The advisor, who also served as a co-chairman
of the parastatal reform task force that recommended trimming of State
corporations from 262 to 187, said that the process would be completed
as soon as MPs have considered and passed the Bills.
FULLY ON COURSE
“The
president himself is leading the reform of State corporations and we
are fully on course. Many of the parastatals affected by the
restructuring were themselves formed by Acts of Parliament and we had to
prepare merger documents to ensure that we are within the law,” said Mr
Abdikadir.
“I’m happy to say that those merger
documents are now ready and we are fine-tuning the Bill so that
Parliament will have them as soon as MPs return. We envisage having one
over-arching law and we are practically waiting for the laws to kick
in,” he added.
The Public Service Commission in its
latest report on compliance with governance values says that the more
than 32 parastatals lacking functional boards have made it difficult to
implement financial decisions.
It is understood that the government has left the positions vacant so that appointments do not overlap with the reform plan.
The
restructuring, pledged by President Uhuru Kenyatta in late 2013, seeks
to slash the number of State agencies to 187 in line with one of the
pledges to enhance efficiency.
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