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The Director of Human Resource Management and Development at the State Department for Broadcasting Juanita Ombima speaks at Teleposta Towers, during a oneday training of Heads of Departments on performance Contracting.
Assistant Director, Human Resource Information System (HRIS), at the Directorate of Human Resource Management at State Department of Public Service Dickson Kinyua speaks at Teleposta Towers, during a one-day training of Heads of Departments on performance Contracting for state Department for Broadcasting where over 40 members of staff attended the training.
The Director of Human Resource Management and Development at the State Department for Broadcasting Juanita Ombima speaks at Teleposta Towers, during a oneday training of Heads of Departments on performance Contracting.

State warns employees over storing sensitive data on personal laptops

News / Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:01
Kizito Maruti-KNA

Government employees should stop using personal communication devices while discharging their duties to safeguard against data breaches.

The Directorate of Human Resource Management at the State Department for Public Service also cautioned staff in government offices to refrain from storing sensitive data in personal laptops to avoid incidences of unauthorized access to government records by cyber intruders.

Dickson Kinyua, an Assistant Director in charge of Human Resource Information Systems, stated that past negligence in promoting cybersecurity awareness in the workplace had exposed information to hacking risks and potential theft of sensitive government data.

Kinyua called for strengthened cybersecurity awareness among the workforce in the public sector by integrating technology safeguards with behavioral change to ensure the systems at the workplace remained foolproof against intrusion.

He made the remarks at Teleposta Towers during a day-long performance contracting workshop for sectional heads of the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications.

He stated that carrying out government work on personal laptops has been risky, as theft or unauthorized access may lead to tamper of sensitive data—potentially resulting in dire consequences for the affected officer.

At the same time, Kinyua implored government officers to always project a positive image of the government by conducting themselves with decorum especially at social places and in their private engagements as well.

Kinyua advised officers to be mindful of where and what they eat and drink, emphasizing that the choice of location also matters, as they embody the government in their conduct. He added that excessive alcoholism and domestic violence had been unacceptable behaviors for public officers.

The Director of Human Resource Management at the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Juanita Ombima,  said the workshop was meant to build the capacity of heads of sections to effectively administer performance contracting online.

Public Service (Performance Management) Regulations 2021 require all government employees to have signed their PCs by August 30 of every year.

The contracts are signed at three levels, between the President and Cabinet Secretaries in charge of Ministries. At the second level, CSs sign contracts with their principal secretaries and finally, the PSs sign contracts with directors, who are head directorates and chief executives of semi- autonomous government agencies.