The government is committed to strengthening the psychological counselors' function in the public service in order to have a healthy workforce.
The Principal Secretary (PS) in the State Department for Public Service and Human Capital Development Amos Gathecha said the number of employees in the public service suffering from mental illness continues to rise despite measures that have been put in place to contain mental illness in the workplace.
Consequently, Gathecha said the ministry has established additional positions for the cadre of counseling psychologists and filled the entry-level posts in order to strengthen the counseling programme in the public sector.
The PS was speaking in Naivasha, during the supervision workshop for 18 newly employed counseling psychologists who will help address rising cases of mental health illnesses within the public service.
