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Section 59 of County Governments Act: Functions and powers of a County Public Service Board

    

(1) The functions of the County Public Service Board shall be, on behalf of the county government, to—
(a) establish and abolish offices in the county public service;
(b) appoint persons to hold or act in offices of the county public service including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the county and to confirm appointments;
(c) exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons holding or acting in those offices as provided for under this Part;
(d) prepare regular reports for submission to the county assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board;
(e) promote in the county public service the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232;
(f) evaluate and report to the county assembly on the extent to which the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 are complied with in the county public service;
(g) facilitate the development of coherent, integrated human resource planning and budgeting for personnel emoluments in counties;
(h) advise the county government on human resource management and development;
(i) advise county government on implementation and monitoring of the national performance management system in counties;
(j) make recommendations to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, on behalf of the county government, on the remuneration, pensions and gratuities for county public service employees.
(2) In appointing a person as a secretary to a board of a city or an urban area under subsection (1)(b), the County Public Service Board shall ensure that such person is a certified public secretary of good professional standing.
(3) The reports under subsection (1)(d) shall contain the details of persons appointed including gender, persons with disabilities, persons from the minority and marginalized communities.
(4) In the performance of its functions under subsection (1)(e), the County Public Service Board shall have powers to—
(a) inform and educate county public officers and the public about the values and principles;
(b) recommend to the county government effective measures to promote the values and principles;
(c) assist county government in the formulation and implementation of programmes intended to inculcate in public officers the duty to uphold the values and principles;
(d) advise the county governments on their obligations under international treaties and conventions on good governance in the county public service;
(e) visit any county public office or body with a view to assessing and inspecting the status of compliance with the values and principles;
(f) investigate, on its own initiative or upon a complaint made by any person or group of persons, the violation of any values and principles;
(g) recommend to the relevant lawful authority, any necessary action in view of the violation of the values and principles by any person or public body;
(h) cooperate with other institutions working in the field of good governance in the public service; and
(i) perform any other functions as the Board considers necessary for the promotion of the values and principles.
(5) The report by the County Public Service Board under subsection (1)(f) shall—
(a) be delivered each December to the county assembly;
(b) include all the steps taken and decisions made by the board;
(c) include specific recommendations that require to be implemented in the promotion and protection of the values and principles;
(d) include specific decisions on particulars of persons or public body who have violated the values and principles, including action taken or recommended against them;
(e) include any impediment in the promotion of the values and principles; and
(f) include the programmes the board is undertaking or has planned to undertake in the medium term towards the promotion of the values and principles.
(6) The Board shall publish a report required under this section in the county Gazette not later than seven days after the report has been delivered to the county assembly.

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