Permanent Secretary at the Ministry, Titus Ndambuki said the reforms had been made because of the accelerating pace at which skilled employees had been lost over the past decade
“There were days when brain drain was actually considered as a gain,” Mr Ndambuki said.  “Now we have moved to say that the public sector must benefit from talents grown within and knowledge acquired through training funded by taxpayers.”

He said middle-level Public Servants, many with post-graduate qualifications or first degrees backed by on-the- job training, had been leaving to join the private sector where there were better terms of service and reward-based performance, including bonuses and stock options.

The Government had managed to head-hunt for top positions, such as Permanent Secretaries, from the private sector, but had been unable to offer salaries that came close to the private sector in middle-level management.