Kenyatta launches honest public service campaign

Kenyatta

Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has launched the Huduma Halisi Public Service Campaign, an initiative of the Economic Commission for Africa.

The event was organized as part of a wider Ministry of Public Services, Youth and Gender Affairs outreach programme.

In his address, he said, “The Huduma Halisi campaign will celebrate individuals and institutions who provide honest public services without expecting anything in return. It will be driven by youth and ordinary citizens through social media and other platforms.”

The launch event held in Kiambu County and entailed a visit to the Huduma Halisi Tent, a theme song and a brief about the campaign.

Mary Kamonye, Principal Administrative Secretary in the State Department for Public Services, disclosed that the Huduma Halisi Honest Service Campaign was launched on the margins of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit, Mauritania in June 2018 and that Kenya was selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to host the first country-level roll out of the campaign, a selection which Kenyatta described as an honour.