Orengo, who is also a senior counsel, said any organisation that is on a contractual arrangement did not change from permanent to contractual as the government wants to be misadvised.
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Tuesday revealed plans to end all permanent and pensionable jobs in the Public Service, proposing that all civil servants, across all job groups, be placed on contract terms.
Kuria noted that all senior government officials, including the President and Cabinet Secretaries, are on contract. Therefore, all civil servants, including doctors, would be subjected to the same conditions as state officers.
He said the proposal is in motion and is set to be presented to the Cabinet on Friday for review.
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“All government workers will be converted to contracts. We are going to convert them from permanent and pensionable to contract but still pensionable. We are going to be on contract because we have to focus on productivity,” Kuria said.
The CS lamented how one million civil servants consumed almost half of the country’s tax revenues, contributing to the country’s public wage bill.
He emphasized the need for austerity measures to lower the wage bill and alleviate the burden on taxpayers.
Kuria mentioned that last week, they were at the Wage Bill Conference and pointed out that one million workers consume 50 per cent of tax revenue.
“That is why if the doctors think we are against them, this week on Friday, I will be moving to Cabinet to present a proposal which if Cabinet approves, all government workers from drivers to cleaners to everyone will be converted to contract. No one will be on permanent terms,” Kuria said.
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