The Public Service

English

(1)The values and principles of public service include—

(a)high standards of professional ethics;

(b)efficient, effective and economic use of resources;

(c)responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services;

(d)involvement of the people in the process of policy making;

(e)accountability for administrative acts;

(f)transparency and provision to the public of timely, accurate information;

(g)subject to paragraphs (h) and (i), fair competition and merit as the basis of appointments and promotions;

(h)representation of Kenya’s diverse communities; and

(i)affording adequate and equal opportunities for appointment, training and advancement, at all levels of the public service, of—

(i)men and women;

(ii)the members of all ethnic groups; and

(iii)persons with disabilities.

(2)The values and principles of public service apply to public service in—

(a)all State organs in both levels of government; and

(b)all State corporations.

(3)Parliament shall enact legislation to give full effect to this Article.

Kiswahili

Maadili na kanuni katika huduma kwa umma

(1)Maadili na kanuni za huduma kwa umma zinajumuisha—

(a)viwango vya juu vya maadili ya kitaaluma;

(b)matumizi ya rasilimali kwa njia bora, ya kiuchumi na yenye ufanisi;

(c)utoaji huduma kwa njia inayokabiliana na hitaji, kwa haraka, kwa njia yenye ufanisi na usiokuwa na mapendeleo;

(d)kushirikishwa kwa wananchi katika mchakato wa kutengeneza sera;

(e)uwajibikaji katika hatua za kiutawala;

(f)uwazi na utoaji wa maelezo yaliyo sahihi na kwa wakati ufaao kwa umma;

(g)kwa kuzingatia aya za (h) na (i), ushindani wenye usawa na ustahiki kuwa misingi ya kuteuliwa na kupandishwa cheo;

(h)uwakilishi wa jamii tofauti za Kenya; na

(i)

(i)kutoa nafasi za kutosha na zenye usawa katika kuteua, kutoa mafunzo na kupandishwa vyeo katika ngazi zote za huduma kwa umma, kwa––

(ii)wanaume na wanawake;

(iii)watu wa jamii zote; na

(iv)watu wenye ulemavu.

(2)Maadili na kanuni za huduma za umma zinatumika kwa huduma za umma katika—

(a)vitengo vyote vya Serikali katika viwango vyote viwili vya serikali; na

(b)mashirika yote ya Serikali.

(3)Bunge litatunga sheria ili kuwezesha utekelezaji wa Kifungu hiki kikamilifu.

English

(1)There is established the Public Service Commission.

(2)The Public Service Commission consists of a chairperson, a vice chairperson and seven other members appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly.

(3)Subject to clause (4), a person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the Commission if the person––

(a)has, at any time within the preceding five years, held office, or stood for election as—

(i)a member of Parliament or of a county assembly; or

(ii)a member of the governing body of a political party; or

(b)holds any State office;

(c)is, or has at any time been, a candidate for election as a member of Parliament or of a county assembly; or

(d)is, or has at any time been, the holder of an office in any political organisation that sponsors or otherwise supports, or has at any time sponsored or otherwise supported, a candidate for election as a member of Parliament or of a county assembly.

(4)Clause (3) (c) and (d) cease to apply to a person after two general elections for Parliament have been held since the person ceased to be such a candidate or office holder.

(5)There shall be a secretary to the Commission.

(6)The secretary—

(a)is the chief executive of the Commission; and

(b)shall be appointed by the Commission for a term of five years, and is eligible for re-appointment once.

Kiswahili

Tume ya Huduma za Umma

(1)Tume ya Huduma za Bunge Imebuniwa.

(2)Tume ya Huduma za Umma inajumuisha mwenyekiti, naibu mwenyekiti na wanachama wengine saba walioteuliwa na Rais na kuidhinishwa na Bunge la Kitaifa.

(3)Kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (4), mtu hastahiki kuteuliwa kama mwanachama wa Tume hiyo ikiwa mtu huyo––

(a)ndani ya miaka mitano iliyopita, amehudumu au kugombea uchaguzi kama—

(i)mbunge katika Bunge la Kitaifa au mwakilishi wadi katika bunge la kaunti; au

(ii)mwanachama katika idara ya uongozi wa chama cha kisiasa; au

(b)anahudumu katika ofisi yoyote ya Serikali;

(c)anagombea, au kwa wakati wowote mwingine amewahi kugombea kuwa mwanachama katika Bunge la Kitaifa au katika bunge la kaunti; au

(d)anahudumu, au kwa wakati wowote mwingine , amewahi kuhudumu katika shirika la kisiasa linalofadhili au kuunga mkono mgombeaji wa uanachama katika Bunge la Kitaifa au bunge la kaunti.

(4)Ibara ya (3) (c) na (d) hazitatumika iwapo uchaguzi mkuu umefanywa mara mbili tangu mtu huyo alipogombea kiti au alipohudumu ofisini.

(5)Kutakuwepo na katibu wa Tume hiyo.

(6)Katibu––

(a)ndiye mtendaji mkuu katika Tume; na

(b)atateuliwa na Tume kwa muhula wa miaka mitano na anaweza kuteuliwa tena mara moja tu.

English

(1)The functions and powers of the Commission are as set out in this Article.

(2)The Commission shall—

(a)subject to this Constitution and legislation—

(i)establish and abolish offices in the public service; and

(ii)appoint persons to hold or act in those offices, and to confirm appointments;

(b)exercise disciplinary control over and remove persons holding or acting in those offices;

(c)promote the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 throughout the public service;

(d)investigate, monitor and evaluate the organisation, administration and personnel practices of the public service;

(e)ensure that the public service is efficient and effective;

(f)develop human resources in the public service;

(g)review and make recommendations to the national government in respect of conditions of service, code of conduct and qualifications of officers in the public service;

(h)evaluate and report to the President and Parliament on the extent to which the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 are complied with in the public service;

(i)hear and determine appeals in respect of county governments’ public service; and

(j)perform any other functions and exercise any other powers conferred by national legislation.

(3)Clauses (1) and (2) shall not apply to any of the following offices in the public service—

(a)State offices;

(b)an office of high commissioner, ambassador or other diplomatic or consular representative of the Republic;

(c)an office or position subject to—

(i)the Parliamentary Service Commission;

(ii)the Judicial Service Commission;

(iii)the Teachers Service Commission;

(iv)the National Police Service Commission; or

(b)an office in the service of a county government, except as contemplated in clause (2) (i).

(4)The Commission shall not appoint a person under clause (2) to hold or act in any office on the personal staff of the President or a retired President, except with the consent of the President or retired President.

(5)The Commission may delegate, in writing, with or without conditions, any of its functions and powers under this Article to any one or more of its members, or to any officer, body or authority in the public service.

Kiswahili

Mamlaka na Kazi ya Tume ya Huduma kwa Umma

(1)Majukumu na mamlaka ya Tume ni kama yalivyoelezwa katika Kifungu hiki.

(2)Tume—

(a)kwa kuzingatia Katiba hii na sheria––

(i)itabuni na kuondoa nafasi za kuhudumu katika huduma za umma; na

(ii)itateua watu watakaohudumu katika ofisi hizo, na itathibitisha uteuzi;

(b)itadumisha nidhamu na kuwaondoa kazini watu wanaohudumu katika ofisi hizo au walioteuliwa ili kuhudumu kwa muda mfupi;

(c)itakuza maadili na kanuni zilizotajwa katika Vifungu vya 10 na 232 kote katika utoaji wa huduma za umma;

(d)itachunguza, kufuatilia, na kutathmini mipangilio, usimamizi na mienendo ya wafanyakazi walio katika huduma za umma;

(e)itahakikisha huduma za umma ni zenye ufanisi na bora;

(f)itakuza uwezo wa wafanyakazi katika huduma za umma;

(g)itachunguza na kutoa mapendekezo kwa serikali ya kitaifa kuhusu hali za utendakazi, kanuni za maadili na ustahiki wa maafisa walio katika huduma za umma;

(h)itatathmini na kuripoti kwa Rais na Bunge kuhusu kiwango ambacho maadili na kanuni zilizotajwa katika Vifungu vya 10 na 232 zinazingatiwa katika huduma za umma;

(i)itasikiza na kuamua maombi kuhusu masuala yanayohusiana na huduma za umma katika serikali za kaunti;

(j)itatekeleza majukumu na mamlaka mengine yoyote kama yatakavyotolewa na sheria ya kitaifa.

(3)Ibara za (1) na (2) hazitatumika katika ofisi zozote kati ya zifuatazo, zilizo katika huduma za umma––

(a)ofisi za Serikali;

(b)ofisi ya kamishna mkuu, balozi au mwakilishi yeyote wa kidiplomasia katika Jamhuri;

(c)ofisi au wadhifa ulio chini ya––

(i)Tume ya Huduma za Bunge;

(ii)Tume ya Huduma za Mahakama;

(iii)Tume ya Huduma kwa Walimu;

(iv)Tume ya Huduma za Kitaifa za Polisi; au

(b)ofisi inayohudumia serikali ya kaunti, isipokuwa ilivyobainiwa katika ibara ya (2) (i).

(4)Tume haitamteua mtu chini ya ibara ya (2) ili kuhudumu au kutoa huduma kwa muda mfupi katika ofisi yoyote iliyo kati ya wafanyakazi wa kibinafsi wa Rais au Rais mstaafu, isipokuwa kwa idhini ya Rais au Rais mstaafu huyo.

(5)Kupitia kwa njia ya maandishi, Tume inaweza, kwa masharti au bila ya masharti, kukabidhi majukumu na mamlaka yake yoyote chini ya Kifungu hiki kwa mwanachama au wanachama wake, au kwa afisa yeyote, shirika au mamlaka katika huduma za umma.

English

(1)A county government is responsible, within a framework of uniform norms and standards prescribed by an Act of Parliament, for —

(a)establishing and abolishing offices in its public service;

(b)appointing persons to hold or act in those offices, and confirming appointments; and

(c)exercising disciplinary control over and removing persons holding or acting in those offices.

(2)Clause (1) shall not apply to any office or position subject to the Teachers Service Commission.

Kiswahili

Uajiri wa wafanyakazi wa serikali za kaunti

(1)Kwa kuzingatia taratibu sawa na kanuni zilizoidhinishwa na Sheria ya Bunge, serikali ya kaunti ina wajibu wa––

(a)kubuni na kufutilia mbali nafasi za huduma katika huduma zake za umma;

(b)kuteua watu ili kuhudumu au ili watoe huduma kwa muda mfupi katika ofisi hizo na kuidhinisha uteuzi; na

(c)kudumisha nidhamu pamoja na kuwaondoa watu wanaohudumu katika ofisi hizo au wanaotoa huduma kwa muda mfupi.

(2)Ibara ya (1) haitatumika kwa ofisi au wadhifa wowote ulio chini ya Tume ya Huduma kwa Walimu.

English

A public officer shall not be—

(a)victimised or discriminated against for having performed the functions of office in accordance with this Constitution or any other law; or

(b)dismissed, removed from office, demoted in rank or otherwise subjected to disciplinary action without due process of law.

Kiswahili

Ulinzi wa wafanyakazi wa umma

Afisa wa umma—

(a)hataonewa au kubaguliwa kwa kutekeleza majukumu ya kiofisi kulingana na Katiba hii au sheria nyingine yoyote; au

(b)hatafutwa kazi, kuondolewa ofisini au kushushwa cheo au kuchukuliwa hatua za kinidhamu bila mchakato uliopo wa kisheria kufuatwa.

English

(1)There is established the Teachers Service Commission.

(2)The functions of the Commission are—

(a)to register trained teachers;

(b)to recruit and employ registered teachers;

(c)to assign teachers employed by the Commission for service in any public school or institution;

(d)to promote and transfer teachers;

(e)to exercise disciplinary control over teachers; and

(f)to terminate the employment of teachers.

(3)The Commission shall—

(a)review the standards of education and training of persons entering the teaching service;

(b)review the demand for and the supply of teachers; and

(c)advise the national government on matters relating to the teaching profession.

Kiswahili

Tume ya Huduma kwa Walimu

(1)Tume ya Huduma kwa Walimu limebuniwa.

(2)Majukumu ya Tume hiyo ni—

(a)kuwasajili walimu waliopata mafunzo;

(b)kuajiri walimu waliosajiliwa;

(c)kuwatuma walimu walioajiriwa na Tume hiyo ili wahudumu katika shule au taasisi yoyote ya umma;

(d)kuwapandisha vyeo na kuwahamisha walimu;

(e)kuchukua hatua za kinidhamu dhidi ya walimu; na

(f)kuwafuta kazi walimu.

(3)Tume hiyo––

(a)itakagua viwango vya elimu na mafunzo ya watu wanaojiunga na huduma ya ualimu;

(b)itakagua hitaji la walimu na idadi ya walimu waliopo; na

(c)itashauri serikali ya kitaifa kuhusu masuala yanayohusiana na taaluma ya ualimu.