MPs now want counties to stop employing retired public officers
Members of the National Assembly during a past sitting. A proposal by a parliamentary committee seeks to limit the engagement of public officers on contracts beyond retirement.
Proposal limits engagement of public officers on contract beyond retirement.
Bill seeks to bar counties from employing those who have exited public service on permanent and pensionable terms.
A parliamentary committee is considering locking out retired civil servants from being employed on permanent and pensionable terms in the counties order to give opportunities to millions of unemployed young people.
The National Assembly committee on Labour, while considering the Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 2023, said it will consider further amendment to the Bill to bar county governments from employing people who have exited the public service after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 .
