The County Public Service Board is a corporate body in the County Government set up pursuant to section 57 of the County Government Act No.17 of 2012. Section 57 of the County Government Act states that … “there shall be a County Public Service Board in each County, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and seal; and capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name”

Section 59 of the County Government Act states that the functions of the County Public Service Board shall be, on behalf of the county government, to:

  1. establish and abolish offices in the county public service;
  2. appoint persons to hold or act in offices of the county public service including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the county and to confirm appointments;
  3. exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons, holding or acting in those offices as provided for under this Part;
  4. prepare regular reports for submission to the county assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board;
  5. promote in the county public service the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232;
  6. evaluate and report to the county assembly on the extent to which the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 are complied with in the county public service and  implementation of programs intended to inculcate in public officers the duty to uphold the values and principles;
  7. advise the county governments on their obligations under international treaties and conventions on good governance in the county public service;
  8. visit any county public office or body with a view to assessing and inspecting the status of compliance with the values and principles;
  9. investigate, on its own initiative or upon a complaint made by any person or group of persons, the violation of any values and principles;
  10. recommend to the relevant lawful authority, any necessary action in view of the violation of the values and principles by any person or public body;
  11. cooperate with other institutions working in the field of good governance in the public service; and
  12. Perform any other functions as the Board considers necessary for the promotion of the values and principles.