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    "id": 719461,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719461/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "When it comes to performance appraisal, there must be clear targets. Targets are very important. We know very well this was something which was brought up by the Mwai Kibaki Government, particularly when it came to the economic recovery strategy. Move to Vision 2030 and there is this element of the public sector going for target setting. At the end of every financial year, you find that parastatals and ministries come together for evaluation. Normally, by the end of the financial year, there is an evaluation index. I remember in the Nusu Mkate Government, this docket was under the Prime Minister. By now, in the current Government, it should be under the Ministry of Public Service so that by the end of this financial year, there were those agreed targets. The targets must be SMART. They must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable and also there must be clear indicators because when it comes to measuring performance, it is not like temperature where you can have a thermometer to measure. There must be clear indicators maybe in terms of profitability for that case. This is a situation where a lot of public sector assets and a lot of parastatals are going down because some of them do not have a clear framework when it comes to performance appraisal. That is why we say performance appraisal must be results-based. On the issue of the CEOs, there must be clear, agreed indicators or agreed profits or maybe dividends. These measurabilities must be there, they cannot lie. If at all by the end of the financial year, you have managed to achieve these targets, then you can reappoint these commissioners for another term. Days have gone of appointing your cronies because you are related to the President or you are related to the relevant Cabinet Secretary (CS) yet you do not have what it takes. You are a liability yet you are being reappointed just because you are related to so-and-so. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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