Letters To The Editor: Permanent Secretaries

According to reports, several permanent secretaries (PS) are under investigation for doing deals outside their scope of works.

This is a direct result of appointing wannabes and politicised individuals to the highest positions in government departments.

Simply put, they may have paper qualifications but have no clue how the government administrative machinery functions and where their boundaries end.

In yesteryears, PS positions went to the most meritorious civil servants who grew in the system and passed government exams and was a job for life.

Now, PS positions are subject to the will of the government who are in power.

If the appointment criteria are not reviewed, you can expect more PS decisions to land them and their governments in hot water.

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