The Public Service Commission has directed all state and public officers under its jurisdiction to submit their 2023–2025 income, assets and liabilities declarations by December 31, 2025.
Citing the Conflict of Interest Act, 2025, the notice warns that non-compliant officers will face disciplinary action from January 2026. The declaration covers officers, spouses and dependent children below 18.
In the official communication released on Wednesday, titled “Submission of 2023/2025 Every-Two-Year Declaration of Income, Assets and Liabilities, 2025,” the PSC states that the directive follows the implementation of the Conflict of Interest Act, 2025, which came into force on August 19, 2025.
According to the notice, “the two-year declaration of income, assets and liabilities for the year 2025 will be filled between November 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.”
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which is mandated to administer and oversee the compliance process, has also issued an advisory.
The PSC notes that this guidance appeared in the media, stating it was announced in “Daily Nation Wednesday, November 12, 2025.”
The EACC has clarified that the declaration requirement extends beyond public officers themselves.
According to the PSC, the Commission has “further guided that other than the requirement for State and public officers to fill and submit a declaration of income, assets and liabilities of themselves, their spouses and dependent children below the age of 18 years, the Act also requires declaration of information on any material change in, or changes affecting any of the categories of income, assets and liabilities.”
For clarity, the notice stresses that material change’ is defined in section 31(4) of the Act, and officers are advised to familiarize themselves with this definition before submitting their declarations.
The PSC highlights its responsibility over a wide range of senior and mid-level officers, stating that it is responsible for “Principal Secretaries, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, diplomatic and consular representatives, public officers who are officers, employees or members of State corporations that are public bodies, and public officers in respect of which the Commission exercises appointive and disciplinary control including advisors and personal staff.”
All officers in ministries, state departments and state corporations under the PSC must comply.
According to the circular, all the specified State and public officers, are required to fill and submit declaration of income, assets and liabilities of themselves, their spouses and dependent children below the age of 18 years on or before December 31, 2025.
To facilitate compliance, the PSC says the prescribed declaration forms will be availed by the respective authorized officers to individual public officers, adding that the responsible officers will submit the declaration returns to the Public Service Commission in the format prescribed under the Administrative Procedures for the Declaration of Income, Assets and Liabilities (Legal Notice No. 53 of 2016).
A detailed submission schedule will be issued by December 1, 2025, and the PSC notes that it will also be available in the Commission.
Accountability rests squarely on individuals. The PSC emphasises that each State and public officer takes personal responsibility for the completeness and accuracy of the information submitted to the Commission.
The notice warns that punitive measures will commence immediately after the deadline.
Public institutions are directed to commence and conclude disciplinary action against public officers who would have failed to comply from January, 2026 in accordance with applicable human resource policies and procedures, and to report sanctions to the PSC by March 31, 2026.
For officers requiring clarification on administrative procedures, the PSC advises they may write to the Commission via email at [email protected].
Those seeking guidance on the Conflict of Interest Act itself are directed to the EACC, whose Chief Executive Officer can be reached via “PO Box 61330-00200, Nairobi or email [email protected].”
