Narok: Narok County Government is set to recruit 700 new officers this financial year as the county has expanded most of its services to the grassroots. The county governor, Patrick Ntutu, said 229 officers will be recruited as village administrators to help the wards and sub-county administrators perform their duties more effectively. “We will go as per the existing sublocation boundaries and ensure that all the people are represented equally,” he said.
According to Kenya News Agency, the county is also in the process of recruiting 200 health practitioners who will be distributed in the newly constructed facilities to bring health services close to wananchi. “We have been undertaking deliberate development of our health services. We have added many dispensaries and maternity wings. We are going to recruit 200 health workers to work in these facilities,” outlined the governor.
In addition, the county is in the process to employ 150 game rangers following a massive retirement of the officers in the last two years. The game rangers are key in maintaining security at the World-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve, which is the major source of the county’s Own Source Revenue. The rangers are also key in protecting mega water catchment land against destruction that includes the Maasai Mau. “In the last five years, about 200 game rangers have gone on retirement, hence the need to recruit new officers to replace them,” continued the governor.
Also in the recruitment list are technical officers in most of the departments who will help in ensuring proper service delivery. He lauded the County Public Service Board that has developed a staff establishment manual that guides on staff recruitment. “For a long time, we have not had a staff establishment document, which helps us to recruit someone based on the qualifications. I am confident that in the next two and a half years, our county will be at a greater height,” added Ntutu.
Ntutu said this at the Narok County Assembly Chambers during the swearing-in of Agriculture Chief Officer Biarose Chemutai and County Public Service Board member Mercy Pion.