Minister of State in the
President’s Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance)
Angellah Kairuki told the Parliament that since June 13 last year, the
government suspended the promotion of civil servants to pave the way for
verification.
She was responding to Special
Seats MP Salma Mwassa (CUF), who wanted to know why the government
wasn’t promoting eligible workers.
Ms Mwassa added that the move, to a greater extent, demoralised the civil servants, who deserved promotion.
Ngara MP Alex Gashaza (CCM)
criticised the government for failing to transfer workers without
adhering to relevant regulations, including paying them statutory
allowances. In her general responses, minister Kairuki said the
government decided to halt promotion exercise in the public sector in
order to pave way for conducting verification of academic certificates
and other reshuffle, but in a near future doors for promotions would be
opened.
“We are planning to give
promotion to at least 196,000 different workers in the public sector in
the coming fiscal year,” she explained.
