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Kenya: Anthony Muchiri Sworn in As PSC Chairperson for 6-Year Term

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Nairobi — Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri has been sworn as Chairperson of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Mwaniki was sworn in at the Supreme Court on Wednesday at a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome.

His inauguration followed approval by the National Assembly following his appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The position was left vacant after the death of the previous Stephen Kirogo after a short illness in April.

Muchiri is now set to serve on a full-time basis for a non-renewable term of six years.

During the swearing in, CJ Koome urged him to work as the steward of the public resources and to ensure that all commissioners under him work towards their mandate of ensuring justice and equality is upheld while serving Kenyans.

“In your hands, together with the other Commissioners who have been in office, lies the realization of the goals of Article 234 of the Constitution which include infusing the values and principles of the Constitution throughout the public service; ensuring that the public service is efficient and effective; and the development of human resources in the public service,” she said.

The Chief Justice further called on him to strive to set high standards in the commission to ensure that public officers effectively address issues facing Kenyans and “fairness is achieved in employer-employee relationship”.

“The Commission must always bear in mind that the government must be the model employer in the society. Thus, you must be the benchmark to be emulated by the other employers in the public and private sector,” she added.