NAIROBI, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday called for an effective public service to help Africa achieve sustainable development.
Kenyatta, who addressed the seventh Africa Public Service Day in Nairobi, said the continent's governments and those entrusted with management of public resources must do so in an accountable, transparent and responsible manner.
"It is for this reason that my administration has laid emphasis on the issue of good governance within the Public Service, as well as heightening our efforts to combat corruption," Kenyatta said.
He told the conference, attended by ministers and representatives from 35 African Union member states, that no government can fully achieve its development agenda in the absence of a well-functioning and results-oriented public service.
The Kenyan leader said Africa is on the rise but needs bold and transformative leadership to keep it on the trajectory of growth.
He said African governments need to be supported by a diligent, well-motivated and professional public service to enable national and individual prosperity.
Kenyatta called on public servants to ensure that development and progress does not benefit a few but should be for all.
