January 22, 2025
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KWTA staff to be redeployed immediately, CS Duale assures

NAIROBI– Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has assured that all staff of the defunct Kenya Waters Towers Agency (KWTA) will be redeployed to the Ministry and its agencies based on their identified competencies. Speaking to staff of KWTA, dissolved in December 2024 after the expiry of its legal mandate, Duale, who... Read More

NAIROBI– Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has assured that all staff of the defunct Kenya Waters Towers Agency (KWTA) will be redeployed to the Ministry and its agencies based on their identified competencies.

Speaking to staff of KWTA, dissolved in December 2024 after the expiry of its legal mandate, Duale, who was accompanied by Principal Secretaries Gitonga Mugambi (Forestry) and Dr. Eng. Festus Ng’eno (Environment and Climate Change) said the Ministry had finalized the placement list.

At the meeting held at the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) headquarters in Nairobi, CS Duale announced that 68 and 45 employees will be redeployed to Environment and Climate Change, and Forestry state departments respectively.

In developing the placement list, Duale said the Ministry considered qualifications, rank, skills, experience and other intervening factors including age and disability if any and current duty station.

At the same time, Duale rallied the former KWTA staff to strictly observe the public service code of conduct and principles of good governance as they move into their new stations.

He urged the staff to strive and maintain a high level of professionalism and integrity.

The defunct KWTA was established through Legal Notice No. 27 of 20th April, 2012 with the mandate to
coordinate and oversee the protection, rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of water towers in Kenya.

KWTA was dissolved following the Cabinet sanctioned rationalisation of State Corporations with overlapping and /or duplicate mandates.

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