Kenya: Public Workforce Overstretched, Needs to Triple for Efficiency – CS Ruku

Nairobi — Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has raised the alarm over the mounting pressure on overstretched public workforce, saying the country needs at least three million public servants to meet growing demands.

Ruku said the current workforce estimated at just over one million across both national and county governments is severely overburdened, serving a population of more than 55 million Kenyans.

This imbalance, he warned, is…