400 procurement and accounting heads have been cleared in the ongoing vetting process ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta in June.
In a communiqué dispatched to newsrooms on Monday, government spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the 400 will be allowed to resume their duties. They were suspended ahead of the audit exercise meant to stem out corrupt and incompetent state officials.
“As of today, 400 officers have been cleared to return to work and resume their duties,” read the statement from Kiraithe.
“Due to employer/employee confidentiality terms, communication to the officers as to the conditions of return, is to be effected by their respective authorized officers.”
The President ordered the vetting be done within 30 days but it took longer due to what Kiraithe described as “extenuating circumstances.”
“The fresh vetting process for the first cohort of officers is about to be concluded. Due to extenuating circumstances, the timelines for the vetting process extended beyond the anticipated period. The next cohort of officers has been identified, and will shortly receive the requisite details,” he said.
The spokesperson didn’t however reveal what will happen to officials who fail the vetting process.
“Those who will not have been cleared to return to office will be processed in line with existing law, human resource guidelines, and within the tenets of the Fair Administrative Action Act,” added Mr. Kiraithe.
Kenyatta made the scrutiny order in his Madaraka Day speech in renewed fight against on corruption.
Assets, liabilities, previous record of service and social media details were some of personal information sought during the exercise.
