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halting the working – from- home arrangement in the public service on the basis that some officers are abusing the provision. We find it gravely disturbing that in the first place the Presidential Covid- 19 Task Force has not been consulted on the decision to dispose of the dispensation in spite of government having introduced the arrangement on the Task Force recommendation. In the absence of such consultation it boggles the mind to try and figure out the rationale for such an abrupt decision given that it was recommended in the context of scientific and well thought out measures aimed at controlling the spread of Covid- 19.

The decision is viewed as potentially counterproductive as government has not by far indicated what measures it has put in place to mitigate the concerns that led to the recommendation and ultimately steps taken to reduce congestion in the workplace.