In Kenya, following the promulgation of the new constitution, county governments are implementing most policies and priorities in accordance with national development agenda. As a labour intensive enterprise, county governments require quality employees as it directly relates to how well the county performs. This paper investigates how county governments can utilize a combination of recruitment and selection practices, person organization fit and employment policies for improved employee performance. The study findings pointed that recruitment and selection practices, person organization fit and employment policies such as equal employment opportunity have a direct significant influence on employee performance at 5% level. However, the interaction among the factors (recruitment/selection practices, person organization fit and employment policies) does not influence employee performance. This study recommends that county governments should enhance their recruitment and selection process through better human resource planning, adopt appropriate organizational culture that can attract intended employees and job characteristics. Improvement of information provided during recruitment process, their ability to gauge employee job competencies and fairness of their selection in order to improve employee performance. In addition, efforts by county governments to accurately estimate the person-organization fit of their prospective employees and promote fair employment policies such as equal employment opportunities is critical because it influences employee performance.