Commissioners to EAC Ad Hoc Service Commission sworn in
The five members of the East African Community Ad Hoc Service Commission were sworn in to office at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania today.
The five Commissioners drawn from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi took the Oath of Secrecy and the Oath of Allegiance to the EAC that were administered by the Deputy Registrar of the East African Court of Justice, Ms. Geraldine Umugwaneza, assisted by the Counsel to the Community, Dr. Anthony Kafumbe.
Commissioners Hilda Musubira (Public Service Commission, Uganda), Titus Ndambuki (Public Service Commission, Kenya), Mary Kinyawa (Public Service Management, Tanzania), Olivier Kanamugire (Public Service Commission, Rwanda) and Felix Ndayishimiye (Ministry to the Office of the President Responsible for EAC Affairs, Burundi) were sworn in to office by the EAC Deputy Secretary General (DSG) for Political Affairs, Mr. Charles Njoroge, who represented the Secretary General.
The EAC Ad Hoc Service Commission will among other things oversee the recruitment of staff to the Community. The Commissioners will work on a part time basis.
The Commission whose establishment is informed by a decision of the 30th Meeting of the Council of Ministers will develop and adopt its own guiding principles and rules of procedure.
In his remarks, Mr. Njoroge congratulated the Commissioners on their nomination and swearing in as the first Commissioners to serve the EAC Service Commission.
Mr. Njoroge disclosed that the Commission was established as part of the recommendations of emanating from the EAC Institutional Review Process.
The DSG said that the EAC has been facing various challenges with regard to undertaking staff recruitment in view of the Community's expanded mandate, and the inadequate human resource capacity in its Organs and Institutions.
He added that the challenges were compounded further by an increasing interest in the EAC Staff recruitment process by the Partner States.
He requested the Commissioners to give the required professional guidance to the Community devoid of any partisan interests.