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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Mutua): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and Sen. Mbugua. Some of the alternative ways of monitoring have been through what we call performance appraisal. They have been in the forms of performance appraisal of Human Resource officers and also leaders of certain sections. You asked how we have been doing this. That is part of the system. However, as I said, there needs to be a better and improved system. After the Disability Act was passed, we agreed during a Senate Labour and Social Protection Committee meeting to sit with my officers and Sen. Crystal Asige within the next four weeks, so that we could go through modules of how to enforce and ensure some of these performance issues are indicated. Also, how data is collected because one of the challenges we face in this country is getting proper data. There is no proper system of even telling us how many PwDs are in our country. No good research has been done. We need to agree on a tool. One of the tools used is called the Washington Model from our cultural experience. The tool being used is heavily borrowed from the West. We have to come up with our tool. I assure this House and Sen. Mbugua that within a very short time, we will come up with proper systems, not only for the public service, but also for the private sector. The public service may be complying, but the private sector may not be complying. The other thing you asked is about the performance indicators we have been using. I think I have answered that in the first question. It has been a challenge. When I got to this Ministry, I found that a lot of things are in theory and not implemented. The challenge we have with the public service all over the world, especially in this country, is that a lot of things are put in theory and books, but are not implemented. It is part of the process that we are going through. Thank you."
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