The government should know the current civil servants would not even be expensive to maintain if they just got creative with their utilization.We have technocrats in government who are afraid to think, afraid to dream and afraid to try, 2014 public service does not need such negativity,That is why the best they can think of, is about cutting the wage bill , to cut salaries, freeze employment and retrench..such old 1998 HRM strategies.we are in 21 century, and SRC must accept these.Unfortunately technocrats in the Civil service are acting like dead wood, no dynamism, no creativity..just happy with the status quo,Imagine if KRA would ensure all their services are available 24 hours a day, time, stress and costs!! that would save Kenyans a lot,Mind you for there to be night shift in govtment there is no need for further employment, Parastatals and civil service are bloated as they are.TSC, NHIF, NSSF ,MED BOARD,CLINICAL BOARD,KMLTTB,VETERINARY BOARD,NYAYO HOUSE,IMMIGRATION,REGISTRATION
Look at how much time Immigration waste in the morning as their staff get ready, shift work would mean seamless uninterrupted operations,The Judiciary wastes hours in the morning preparing for cases, imagine if that would start at night and cases kick off at exactly 8AM,The AG's office for example is a nightmare esp when registering businesses, imagine what 24 hrs operations in that office could do?That would mean you save almost 2 days and other costs to access the same service,Supermarkets, petrol stations, hotels etc are also evidence that you do not need to run an office for 8 hrs then shut down for 16 hrs,Government must learn from the private sector especially the Manufacturing Industry on how shift work and night operations can work efficiently,There is no reason for example clerical work in government offices should not be done at night without distractions.
Both national and county Government just needs to provide necessary security at night...even the daytime road traffic would reduce with offices opening even at night.There is no Justification for 700,000 civil servants who all work 8am -5pm with a 1 hour lunch break then all head home..that is wastage,The govt can start shift work and night services with the #HudumaKenya centers which would make them serve twice or more Kenyans in a day.If Lands offices would embrace shift work and night services getting a title deed would stop being a process but an event.If Immigration offices for example were to embrace shift work it would mean your ID processing can move from 1 month to max 2 weeks.
It does not make sense to make Kenyans wait for services for long just because we run offices 8am-5pm and waste all the other night hours,you have never seen lethargy, laziness and sheer inefficiency? visit ministry offices in the former Provincial/District/
Currently if I want to access services in a govt office I would need to take leave from work which is totally absurd and wasteful,Now that the govt has merged ministries, they can use the excess staff to introduce shift work and night services instead of retrenchment,still some services in KRA which need physical presence will only be accessed between morning 8am-9pm?Using the same number of civil servants and even operating up to midnight would mean same number produces 50% more at same cost,Then why not make Kenya a 24 hours economy? pay civil servants per hours,,,pay people according to work load, no wastage of money or time, Government should stop blanket salary like saying kshs 100,000 per month.
There is no reason a #HudumaKenya centre should close at 5pm yet they can be open even at night for me to sort out my issues after work,Govt is looking at shrinking money instead of improving efficiency and service delivery at same cost!!Shift work esp in Govt would mean we can even walk into public offices at night and still access services.
The other stupidity with this govt is it thinks going online helps all Kenyans,90% of HR Practitioners in govt need refresher training and if they are already getting that, need electricity shock to wake their brains up
70%+ can not read, write or access internet services.Even if you take all govt services online how have you helped the majority of rural Kenyans who have never even seen a computer? no electricity?
Efficiency and easy access to govt services would cut corruption by 70% coz you would not need to bribe to have things 'fast tracked'
Nothing makes anyone look and sound so stupid as trying to justify every mistake made by the government just because you work for it, we all do!
Unfortunately UHURU KENYATTA does not take advice or give feedback, they are happy to stay stuck in mud!!!!
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