Revealed: Super CS Matiang’i Requested Sacking Of Itumbi’s Group, Sacked Two Days Later

The Cabinet Secretary in charge of Coordination of National Government had written to the PSC on Monday, March 16, requesting to have the following posts at State House scrapped completely: senior director of communication, events and branding (job group T/CSG4), senior director of communication, speech writing (job group T/CSG4), senior director of communication, digital, innovation and diaspora communication (job group T/CSG4), director of communication, events and branding (job group T/CSG5), and principal information officer, head of digital strategies (job group N/CSG8).

The minister’s letter was of reference number OP/PA.3/91A of 16.3.2020.

And just two days later (March 18), Matiang’i’s request was fulfilled as the holders of the above positions were given letters informing them of the termination of their contracts.

In a response to the super minister’s letter, the PSC said on Wednesday, March 18, that “it had considered your request for the abolishment of the five positions”.

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“Pursuant to Section 28 of the Public Service Act of 2017, the PSC has abolished underlisted offices upon re-organization of Government,” read the PSC’s letter, which listed the above positions as ones to be affected by the review.

The affected include Dennis Njue Itumbi; the senior director digital, innovation and diaspora communication, James Kinyua Mureithi; the senior director, events and branding, David Nzioka Musau; the director, events and branding, Erick Kipkoech Ng’enoh, the senior director, speech writing and John Ndolo, the principal information officer.

The five, PSC says, will receive gratuity (monetary gift from an employer to an employee) on pro-rata basis.

The rationale relied on by the CS to request the five positions to be declared redundant remains concealed.

The five have since been ordered to return any government property they are in possession of.