HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Dr. Margaret Ruinge
CEC - ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC SERVICE
Jane Njuguna
CO - ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC SERVICE
HEADS OF DIRECTORATE
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DIRECTOR - ADMINISTRATION
OUR VISION
To become a people centred, transformative and accountable administration and public service.
OUR MISSION
To provide effective and efficient services through guided formulation and implementation of regulatory framework to the public.
FUNCTIONS
ROLE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORATE OF ALCHOLIC DRINKS CONTROL
The Directorate of Alcoholic Drinks Control (DADC) was established under an Act of County Assembly in August 2013 and was mandated to coordinate the County response aimed at prevention, control, management and mitigation of alcohol abuse as well as coordinate national and other counties collaboration networks towards alcohol abuse control.
Supply suppression on the other hand is the formulation, enactment and enforcement of policy, legislation and other means to control the production, trafficking and sale of alcohol. Players in supply suppression include County Assembly, neighboring County governments, and inter-agency committee, was formed to coordinate implementation of policy and measures to curb illicit alcohol abuse in Kiambu.
The Committee has membership drawn from various County Government Departments and agencies involved in the fight against illicit alcohol including: Directorate of Alcoholic Drinks Control as the secretariat, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Department of Administration and Public Service, Department of Health, Kenya Police Service, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Kenya Anti – Counterfeit Agency and the National Intelligence Service.
The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is responsible for administration and internal security through the National Administration system. Key anti-drug agencies in the Ministry include National Police Service and National Intelligence Service. The Department of Health contributes in ensuring the health standards of the alcohol manufactured and the outlets dealing in alcohol are of the required standards.
KEBS is mandated to develop standards, provide product testing services, measurement services, quality assurance services, and product and management system certification services. Kenya Anti Counterfeit Agency is involved in ensuring that genuine manufacturers do not deal abet counterfeiting of the produced alcohol.
DIRECTORATE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS
Enforcement Section within the County Government of Kiambu comprises of the following sectors:
These sectors complement one another, apart from complementing other departments of the County Government, in enforcement of the various laws. These include Physical Planning and Housing, Public Health, Environment, Finance and Economic Planning.
DIRECTORATE OF BETTING CONTROL AND LICENCING
Betting control and Licensing Board is a division in the department of Administration and Public service in Kiambu County. Most of the functions are currently being carried out by the National government. The only functions which have been devolved and operationalized in Kiambu County include;
DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to that part of an organization’s activities designed to attract, train, develop and maintain an effective workforce. Some activities and roles undertaken include:
DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The Directorate of Public Participation and Citizen Petitions is established by the Kiambu County Citizen Petition and Participation Act, 2015. The directorate is charged with:
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Subject to part vii of the County Governments act 2012, the guiding principles of this directorate are:
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN
Resident or any member of the public with interest in County Affairs has the duty and responsibility to;