State Officers and Public officers eyeing elective posts in the upcoming August polls have on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, received a notice from the Head of Public Service, Joseph Kinyua, notifying them that they are required to vacate office on or before 8th February 2022.

In a circular seen by PD Digital, the Head of Public Service enumerated the step-by-step process that the civil servants are expected to follow when they hand over.

“Accordingly, and by the way of this Circular, those non-exempted State Officers and Public Officers are required to hand-over all public assets under their charge and to prepare comprehensive hand-over notes to facilitate a smooth transition and hand-over,” the circular read in part.

Kinyua further outlined the offices that the exiting State Officers and Public Officers are expected to furnish with their hand-over notes.

Cabinet Secretaries, Chief Administrative Secretaries, Chairpersons of Constitutional Commissions, Principal Secretaries, and Chairpersons of State Corporations have been instructed to hand their hand-over notes to the Executive Office of the President.

On the other hand, Chief Executive Officers of Constitutional Commissions will be required to furnish the Chairpersons of Constitutional Commissions with their hand-over notes as the Chief Executive Officers of State Corporations and State Agencies hand their notes to the Cabinet Secretaries of the Parent Ministry with a copy to the Board Chairperson. All other Public Officers are expected to furnish their respective supervisors with their hand-over notes.

“It is further guided that those comprehensive hand-over notes should lay emphasis on Work Plans in progress, annotate all public assets handed-over, the status of priority National Development Programmes and Projects, implementation of various Presidential flagship programmes within the Ministry/State Department/Constitutional Commission/State Corporation, policies under review/development, seminal litigation by or against the Ministry/State Department/Constitutional Commission/State Corporation, and any other matter of significance pending before that non-exempted State Officer or Public Officer,” the Circular concluded.