Investigate recruitment irregularities

Editor, On Monday, this week, lawmakers told officials from the Public Service Commission (PSC) that more efforts were needed in ensuring fairness and transparency in the public service, especially in the recruitment processes.Instead of sitting and expect the Commission to address this critical issue, it is better Parliament sets up an independent committee to investigate irregularities in recruitment procedures in civil service.The PSC Executive Secretary, Angelina Muganza, was herself quoted in the media, as saying that cases of irregularities in the recruitment of civil servants actually exist although they had tremendously reduced over the last past four years. It’s important that everyone who enters the civil service does so on merit and after a transparent and competitive screening process. That does not only augur well with our government’s broad policy of promoting meritocracy and equality, but also has a direct bearing on the performance of public institutions. Nepotism, bribery, favouritism and any other form of corruption should not be tolerated, and I strongly believe if MPs carried a probe they would unearth so much rot.For instance, do all public institutions record recruitment interviews as required by law? It’s only after a through inquiry and the resultant understanding of the issue that a lasting solution can be found.Mary KaitesiNyagatare

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Investigate recruitment irregularities