Adopt a culture that defines the Parliamentary Service Commission’s brand, Clerk Nyegenye urges PSC Secretariat Staff

Kiambu County
Saturday, 26th April 2025

The Clerk of the Senate, Mr Jeremiah Nyegenye has urged the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) secretariat staff to identify and adopt qualities that will represent the Commission's identity.

He said that the PSC’s culture should be defined by solutions-oriented mindsets, teamwork, urgency and integrity, stressing that these four pillars are crucial for optimal institutional performance. 

While officially opening a two-day annual PSC’s staff retreat and sensitisation workshop on Friday, 25th April, Clerk Nyegenye, who also serves as the Secretary to the Parliamentary Service Commission, underscored the importance of adopting a positive PSC Board culture, stating that culture is to an organisation what character is to a human being.

He likened the Parliamentary Service Commission to a living organism since it has its own behaviours, dispositions, likes and dislikes and urged its secretariat staff to be the exemplary ambassadors as they serve the Commission.

“One aspect that you should adopt is results orientation. You should focus on what can be done, not just what has gone wrong. Secondly, you should embrace teamwork by harnessing your respective strengths, recognising that public service requires urgency and dependability,” Clerk Nyegenye counselled.

He stressed that maintaining high standards of integrity is crucial for the conduct of public affairs and urged the staff to incorporate it as one of the fundamental pillars of their culture.

On his part, the Deputy Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Mohamed Ali, urged the staff to develop a positive attitude while discharging their mandate so as to be premier members of staff of the Commission.

He added that serving the Commission was a great honour which had been bestowed on them and beseeched them to observe high levels of resilience and integrity in the course of their work.

“Serving the Parliamentary Service Commission is a service to the nation, a service to the institution of Parliament and a service to the people of Kenya. Carry on that culture and make a difference and in doing so, have a niche in what you do so that you can provide excellent services in whatever you do,” Deputy Clerk Ali said.