The government through the National Treasury has stopped a planned recruitment of senior managers IEBC.
The recruitment was meant to replace those who either retired or got sacked.
According to acting IEBC CEO, Marjan Hussein Marjan, the commission had not obtained relevant approval for the exercise.
Treasury PS Kamau Thuge said IEBC failed to adhere to the requirement that all new recruitment remain frozen as per the Treasury circular No. 2/2018.
“Considering the tight budgetary framework underpinning the FY 2018/19 and the medium term budget and the fact that the general elections are over we recommend the IEBC to carry out the job evaluation to determine the workload of new positions first,” Thuge said.
It adds; “IEBC should also review the current organization structure after carrying out a job evaluation with a view of having lean permanent staff and explore possibility of hiring temporary staff when necessary, especially during general elections.”
Early this month, the commission advertised the positons of three directors (Human Resource, Legal Affairs and Procurement) .