Chief of Staff and Head of Civil Service Felix Koskei has directed all public servants to attend mandatory online sensitisation and training on addressing inefficiency, impunity and corruption.
The public officers have been given a link through which they log in and attend the meetings on a Zoom platform for a period of two weeks.
The trainings and sensitisation are being used as a forum to reiterate the roles of various officers in addressing impunity, indiscipline, inefficiency and corruption in the civil service.
The exercise that commenced on October 29, 2025, is slated to end on November 12, 2025, according to a circular from Koskei’s office.
The document signed by Athur Osiya on behalf of Koskei, which is copied to all cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General, states that upon registration, each participant will receive a link for the virtual meeting.
“There will be prior registration for all invited participants in order to participate in the respective virtual meetings. The details of registration will be made available on the meeting link tab of the chief of staff and head of public service at www.headofpublicservice.go.ke from Monday, 27 October 2025,” the memo said.
The public officers have been directed to provide group particulars, which include their names, designations and respective public entity that must be compiled and posted in the chat section of the meeting so that it’s captured in the recordings of the meetings.
The first lot that attended the meeting last week was taken through responsibilities of duty bearers in ensuring zero fault audit status in the impending auditors for 2024/25 by the Auditor General.
This group included all members of the ministerial auditor committees, all heads of internal audit from state departments and agencies, and all members of the public finance management committees, excluding Principal Secretaries.
On October 30, a second cohort was taken through the revised bi-annual reporting tool for Regulatory Authorities and Agencies (RAAs), with the agencies expected to produce a report after the training.
The lot included all chairs of RAAs, their CEOs, their corporation secretaries, their heads of audit, chairpersons of standing committees for the revitalisation and re-energisation of RAAs in respective state departments.
From November 3 to the 7 2025, the officers will be taken through the matrix of lawful consequences for infractions in the public service. This cohort will include all public officers of all cadres in the public service.
“All accounting officers are directed to ensure, through their human resource departments, that all staff of all cadres under their ward under this sensitisation and trained during any of the days as is convenient and keep a record of the same. Further, chairpersons and CEOs who may wish to attend the sensitisation and training again are welcome to do so,” Koskei’s circular adds.
On November 10, all heads of internal audit from state departments will be taken through their role in the strict implementation of the matrix of lawful consequences for infractions in the public service.
On November 11, 2025, all members of the boards of state corporations and members of constitutional commissions and independent offices will be enlightened on strict oversight over the implementation of the matrix of lawful consequences for infractions in the public service.
The exercise will conclude on November 12, involving all CEOs of state corporations and constitutional commissions and independent offices on the strict implementation of the matrix of lawful consequences for infractions in the public service.
In August, Koskei issued a directive to all accounting officers, chairs of boards of parastatals, heads of audit and other senior civil servants to collect data on pending disciplinary cases and audit queries for purposes of taking required action, including sackings, surcharges and administrative action.
