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"speaker_name": "Mr. Akaranga",
"speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Public Service",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, in the Public Service, consider hon. Ojode's concern as a challenge which provides us with a good opportunity to work with Parliament on the said issues as well as on other strategic interventions that will transform the Public Service into a performance-based, professional and patriotic entity in its primary mandate of providing and facilitating quality, equitable and timely services to Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has taken steps to institutionalise research-based management within the Public Service and to enhance leadership and co-ordination of the Public Service Reform and Development Programme (PSRDP). To this end, the Government established the Public Service Reform (PSR) and formed a secretariat in the Cabinet Office, headed by a Permanent Secretary to lead this process. The Government has also undertaken steps to strengthen the centre of Government to ensure that it has the capacity to facilitate and entrench this reform and development initiatives throughout the Public Service. In this connection, in July, 2006, I signed a performance contract with the Permanent Secretary, Public Service Reform and opened a secretariat to strategically address the above issues. To date, the following reservations are at various stages of development and/or implementation: (i) Enhanced service delivery to Kenyans through the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) in all Ministries, State Corporations Local Authorities, Regional Development Authorities and, of course, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). (ii) A draft integrated Human Resource Management Strategy is ready and will be finalised by June this year. This strategy includes institutional reforms affecting key institutions such as the Public Service Commission of Kenya, Directorate of Personnel Management, Cabinet Office as well as human resource management policies of recruitment, placement, promotion and mobility. When that is done, we will see a vibrant Public Service. (iii) A draft long-term Public Service Reform Strategy is ready and will be finalised by 30th, June, this year. This strategy will support the country's Vision 2030 target. (iv) Efforts to strengthen the Central Government to empower line-Ministries in delivery of services, is in progress. A report on the functional review of the Cabinet Office is being finalised for adoption and implementation. (v) A capacity-building programme for transforming the Public Service is currently being implemented. (vi) In order to further open up the Government and engage with Kenyans, an Information, Education and Communication Strategy is being implemented on the premise that Kenyans have a right and need to know the Government's Public Service reform agenda. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to underscore the importance the Government places on these issues and, fast-track the achievement of the result, we have established the following: (i) A Performance Management Steering Committee comprising a team of Permanent Secretaries supported by an inclusive technical team to enrich Government interventions, including the areas of concern to this House. (ii) This technical team comprises of representatives from various Ministries, the academia, private sector, Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), COTU, the Kenya Civil Servants Union (KCSU), Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, among others. The report will be submitted to me for action. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in addition, an inter-Ministerial task force on staffing distribution 432 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 5, 2007 in the Public Service will undertake a situational analysis to determine the distribution of officers in the Public Service and make recommendations for further action. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to assure this House that the issues raised are of great concern to the Government and people of Kenya. As articulated above, the Government is taking deliberate and strategic steps to professionally, and without victimisation, address these issues and find long-term sustainable solutions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to this end, I shall shortly be tabling in this House a Results and Performance Management Bill for debate by hon. Members. In contributing to the Bill, hon. Members will have the opportunity to constructively and exhaustively deliberate on it. I trust this will provide a legal framework for the effective management of the Public Service to ensure"
}