Public Service Commission chairperson Margaret Kobia. Public officers
will now be required to disclose details of their income, assets and
liabilities. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Public officers will now be required to disclose details of their income, assets and liabilities.
Making
the announcement yesterday, Public Service Commission Chairperson
Margaret Kobia said decision was made to promote accountability and
transparency in the management of public resources.
“Financial
disclosure is an effective tool for promoting accountability,
transparency and management of conflict of interest,” Prof Kobia said.
She
was speaking at the launch of the 2014/2015 biennial wealth declaration
and capacity building programme for the public service in Nairobi.
She cited the ongoing police vetting as an example of what wealth declaration can achieve.
Officials
in all ministries and state departments, state corporations and other
government agencies will be required to declare their wealth.
The commission has directed that all civil servants fill a form by the end of the year.
The information provided will be analysed by the commission to ascertain accuracy, completeness and consistency.
“Public
servants for whom no responsible commission is assigned will submit
their declarations to the PSC while all staff on secondment to county
governments will submit theirs to county public service boards,” Prof
Kobia said.
The PSC has also organised a two-day
capacity building workshop in eight centres to train personnel on
implementation of the exercise.
Those to be trained are heads of human resources, members of county public service boards, among other government workers.
Civil servants who will fail to comply with the requirements of the declaration will face disciplinary action by the commission.
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