23rd Feb - 1st March 2015
DEVOLUTION & PLANNING
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THE PRESIDENCY
MINISTRY OF DEVOLUTION &
PLANNING
Published By the Ministry’s Communication Office
ISSUE NO. 013
DEPARTMENTS
State Department of
Planning
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Government intervention averts starvation in
drought stricken counties
State Department of
Devolution
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Directorate of Public
Service Management
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Pleasant surprise for Kiamugumo Girls...
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NYS to be actively involved in the transformation of ASALS ………….………………....3
Prof. Karega Mutahi heads Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee
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Kenya hosts 1st Africa for results peer review
meeting ………………………………..…….. . 4
World Bank Officials visit Kibera ………….….4
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru addressing the press in her Harambee House office after the Inter- Governmental
Consultative Committee meeting on Drought and Food Security in Arid and Semi-Arid Counties. She is flanked by (L
-R) Principal Secretaries James Lopoyetum (Water), Fred Segor (Livestock), Mwanamaka Mabruki (Devolution) and
Garissa Governor Nathif Jama Adam and his Tana River counterpart Hussein Dado among others.
KIIPRA staff get first aid and fire marshals
training ………………………………………..5
We will be impartial in resettlement of IDPs,
says Mr. Wachu ……………………………..5
Anti-FGM Board wants county governments to
establish rescue centers for girls ………..….. 6
MODP attracts wide media coverage for its
programming ……………………..…………….6
ECOSOC hosts 2015 youth forum ……..…....7
WEF up-scale efforts to increase uptake of
loans in hard - to reach areas in Kenya ……..7
Youth Fund eight years of empowering the
youth …………………………………………… 8
PSC delegates human resource powers to
Cabinet Secretaries …………………………....8
ICT unit releases new staff emails addresses
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BY JACKLINE ADYANG
Aleast 1.6 million Kenyans living
in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of
the country are faced with acute
shortage of food due to failed
rains during the last season.
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru
said preliminary assessment of
the situation indicated that the
affected people required food aid
over the next six months to avert
a looming famine disaster.
Ms Waiguru was however
optimistic that the measures her
ministry in collaboration with
county governments have put in
place to mitigate the drought will
ensure that no one dies of
hunger.
She told a press briefing at her
office following a meeting of
the
Inter-Governmental
consultative committee on
Drought and Food Security in
Arid and Semi-Arid Counties
that the national and county
governments from the affected
areas moved swiftly to cushion
the communities in time after it
emerged that the short rain
season between November and
December were erratic.
“The findings attributed the
poor harvest to unpredictable
rainfall patterns as the rains
which were less than normal and
sparsely distributed started late and
ended early,” she noted.
Mandera, Garissa, Isiolo, Wajir and
parts of Tana River counties were
cited as the neediest counties where
the government intends to stock
storage depots with maize during
this period.
Equally affected were marginal
agricultural zones of Tharaka Nithi,
parts of Meru, Makueni and Kitui
counties where farmers reported
more than 50 % in losses after the
rains fell silent during the critical
stage of their crops.
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Pleasant surprise for Kiamugumo Girls as CS Waiguru
delivers President Kenyatta's school bus gift
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru
alights from the new School Bus she
delivered to Kiamugumo Girls High
School. The bus was a donation from
President Uhuru
Kenyatta.
BY BROWNE KUTSWA
It was jubilation and celebration at Kiamugumo Girls Secondary School in Kirinyaga
county on Saturday 21st February when Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru came calling
with goodies that will go a long way to make
a difference in the lives of the young girls.
Ms Waiguru delivered a brand new school
bus which President Uhuru Kenyatta had
promised to buy for this School that provided
the venue for a thanksgiving ceremony the
CS held in September last year. President
Kenyatta was the chief guest at the thanksgiving ceremony.
Ms Waiguru also gave the girls 150 boxes of
sanitary towels that they and other girls from
neighboring schools will use for the next
four months. In addition, she brought 420
desks and chairs for neighbouring Kiamugumo Primary School.
The CS also launched the Anne Waiguru
Scholarship Fund that will support the
brightest students in Kirinyaga county
through high school. She issued the first
six scholarships for the pioneering beneficiaries.
Earlier, Ms Waiguru commissioned
Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society
Milk Cooling Plant which was completed following President Kenyatta’s donation of a cooler for the project. The new
cooling plant will enable the cooperative
to handle over 5,000 litres of milk every
day.
Kirinyaga County Governor Joseph
Ndathi hailed the completion of the
plant as a major step towards uplifting
the living standards of the residents
noting that it will provide a ready market for their milk produce.
Ms Waiguru was accompanied by
Kirinyaga Senator Daniel Karaba, County Women Representative Winnie
Karimi, Gichugu MP Njogu Barua, Administration Secretary Hassan Noor
Hassan, and local administrators
amongst others.
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru switches on the
controls at Rung'eto Farmers’ Co-Operative Society Milk Cooling plant to mark its official commissioning
NYS to be actively involved in the transformation of
ASALs
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UPCOMING
EVENT
policy direction and leadership for the
ASALs, the Ministry of Devolution and
Planning is reviewing the ASAL Policy to
ensure that it captures all the emerging
legislative and development issues and
experiences gained in the implementation
of devolution in the last two years.
“Successful implementation of devolution
will radically transform the country,” Ms
Waiguru said as she called on ASAL
stakeholders to give their input during the
review in order to make the document all
inclusive.
CS Anne Waiguru and other officials during the ASAL Stakeholders’
Forum at Kenyatta University.
BY PENNINAH KIHIKA
The Kenya Youth Empowerment
Programme will be rolled out in the
Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) counties through the National Youth Service (NYS). The Programme will
mirror the Slum Upgrading Programme being implemented by NYS
in Kibera, Mathare and Korogocho
slums.
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru
announced that NYS will work with
the community youth from the
ASALs in various initiatives aimed
at empowering the youth through
enterprise development, building
community assets, instilling a sense
of nationhood and community service.
Speaking while opening the Third
ASAL Stakeholders Forum (ASF)
at Kenyatta University on Monday
23rd February, Ms Waiguru disclosed that NYS is already on the
ground in Turkana County and will
be deployed in eight more counties
in the next one month.
As part of its mandate to provide
The Ministry has developed a strategy
Framework for Ending Drought Emergencies in collaboration with stakeholders. Ms
Waiguru noted that the successful implementation of the strategy will require the
efforts of all stakeholders as it cuts across,
sectors, regions, and agencies.
The CS also launched the ASF mapping
tool that will be used to capture the details
of the stakeholders in ASALs in order to
enhance synergies and collaboration and
also reduce duplication of activities being
implemented.
Also present was Devolution PS Ms Mwanamaka Mabruki, ASAL Stakeholders
Forum Chairperson, Professor Abdi Guliye, and Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda.
Prof Karega Mutahi to head Inter-governmental Relations
Technical Committee
BY MOSES NYANDIKA
nent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and also Local Government during
the NARC Administration and the Grand
Coalition government respectively. He
will be remembered for his contribution to
the introduction of free primary education
as well as spearheading the enactment of
the devolution laws which are currently
guiding the devolution implementation
process.
Cabinet Secretary Ms. Anne Waiguru
has appointed Prof. Karega Mutahi
Chairman of the Inter-governmental
Relations Technical Committee for a
period of three years.
Other members of the committee are
Dr. Francis Kalama Fondo, Rtd. Major Billow Khalid, Mrs. Elizabeth
Njambe Muchane, Prof. Shanyisha
Khasiani, Judith Migunda-Attyang,
Allyce Kuneiya Esintele and Raymond Nyeris.
Ms. Waiguru made the appointments
through gazette notice No.879 in line
with the powers conferred to her by
Section 11(2) (b) of the Intergovernmental Relations Act.
Prof. Mutahi once served as Perma-
Prof. Karega Mutahi
The Inter-governmental Relations Technical Committee will be responsible for
the day to day administration of the National and County Government Coordinating Summit and in particular implementing the decisions of the Summit. The
committee will take over the residual
functions of the Transition Authority upon
its dissolution.
AFRIK4RCOMESA Peer
Review Meeting
24th -26th February
2015
Laico Hotel
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Pre - CSW meeting
New Stanley Hotel
25th February 2015
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Gender Sector Coordination Group
Meeting
Laico Hotel
27th February 2015
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Ministerial Exhibition in Partnership
with Beyond Zero
Campaign on Gender Equality
KICC
27th—6th March
2015
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Launch of the International Women
Day
Nyakach Kisumu
County
1st March 2015
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Commission on the
Status of Women
(CSW)
New york
9th—20th March
2015
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Kenya hosts 1st Africa for Results peer review meeting
BY VIVIENE SIMWA
The 1st Peer Review Meeting for the Africa
for Results (AFRIK4R) and Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA) will be held in Nairobi from 24th
– 26th February 2015.
The Ministry of Devolution and Planning
through the Monitoring and Evaluation Department and the Public Service Transformation Department will host the three days
meeting that will seek to provide evidence-
driven processes featuring case studies
and practical policy examples as well as
promote interactions among states.
The Peer Review process will inform and
create dialogue platforms that will empower the participants and enhance their
abilities as change agents who can trigger and accelerate regional transformation.
The meeting is supported by the African Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results (AfCoP-MfDR) in collaboration
with the African Development Bank and the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).
It will bring together experts and other participants from civil society, civil service, private
sector, youth and gender sectors from Burundi,
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
World Bank officials visit Kibera
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru and her National Treasury
counterpart Henry Rotich accompanied the officials during
the tour of the sprawling slum.
BY FIDELMA MUNYAO
AND JACKLIN ADYANG
World Bank directors led by the Executive
Director of Africa Group 1 Constituency Louis
Peter Larose toured the ongoing National
Youth Service-led youth empowerment and
slum upgrading projects in Kibera slums on
18th February.
Ms Waiguru expressed her
satisfaction with what has been
attained in terms of job creation
for the residents of Kibera as
well as the significant decline
in incidences of crime in the
area.
The officials were in Kenya to appreciate the
country’s development progress, opportunities
and challenges.
The directors commended the government for
the achievements realized in Kibera particularly in upgrading the slum and empowering the
youth. They expressed optimism that the noble
initiative will transform many lives in the informal settlement.
(L-R) World Bank’s Louis Peter Larose, Treasury CS Henry
Rotich, Administration Secretary Hassan Noor Hassan, and
CS Anne Waiguru and other World Bank officials during
their inspection tour of Kibera slums upgrading project and
youth empowerment programmes
The National Youth Service has
partnered with the local community in undertaking various
projects among them cleaning
up sewer lines, rehabilitation
and tarmacking of access roads,
and opening up of clinics that
offer free medical services to
residents.
Mentor your juniors - CS Waiguru tells senior officers
BY BROWNE KUTSWA
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru has asked
heads of departments and other senior officers
in the ministry to mentor those below them for
higher responsibilities.
She observed that failure to mentor those
below stiffles their growth and also affects the
organization’s performance should the senior
officer be indisposed, engaged elsewhere or
exit the organization.
The failure to nurture and develop internal
capacity for succession goes against
established management principles, she
noted, and called on the officers to
institutionalize a mentorship culture that
empowers their mentees to handle the
duties of a higher office whenever
called upon.
“You should not feel insecure to the
extent that you become reluctant to
mentor those below to succeed you,”
Ms Waiguru said.
The CS made the remarks during a meeting with
heads of directorates and divisions in the State
Department of Planning at her Harambe House
office on Tuesday 17th February.
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Kippra staff get First Aid and Fire Marshal training
BY JANE KENDA
AND FIDELMA MUNYAO
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and
Analysis (KIPPRA) staff completed a three
days training on First Aid and Fire Marshal at
the institute’s premises located at Bishops
Gardens Towers, Nairobi. The training was
conducted by Emergency Response Trainers
from 17th to 19th February, 2015.
The participants got detailed lessons on incident management such as how to open the
airways of victims and conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation in case of an accident. They
learnt about different accidents and injuries
such as burns and scalds, wounds and bleeding, poisoning, bites and stings and musculoskeletal injuries and how to effectively manage them. Each lesson was accompanied by a
practical session where they applied the acquired knowledge.
Kippra staff during the practical session on how to conduct First Aid
The second phase involved learning fire
safety techniques focusing on how to manage fire accidents, types of fires and the
extinguishers to manage them.
The training also emphasized the need for all
employees to master their organization’s Emergency Action Plan and safety measures that
give guidelines on what to do in case of a fire
outbreak.
We will be impartial in resettlement of IDPs, says Mr Wachu
BY JULIUS NDEGWA
oversee all matters arising out
of internal displacements in
the country.
The Government has given impetus to
the resettlement programme following
the creation of the National Consultative
Committee on Internally Displaced
Persons.
Kenya
experienced
unprecedented
internal
displacements
since
independence following the
post election violence of
2007/2008 when there was no
legal, institutional or policy
framework
on
Internal
Displacement, posing a big
challenge to the Government
on how to provide solutions to
the hundreds of thousands
displaced by the violence.
The Chairman of the Committee, Sheikh
Adan Wachu says they will move
quickly to establish protocols and
provide impartial guidance to address
the problem of displacement in the
country without giving in to any issuespolitical or otherwise.
Mr Wachu was speaking during the
induction retreat for members of the
Committee at the Kenya School of
Government, Nairobi that was officially
opened by Devolution Principal
Secretary Ms. Mwanamaka Mabruki.
The Committee was created in
accordance with The Prevention,
Protection and Assistance to Internally
Displaced Persons and Communities
Act, 2012 and mandated to
National Consultative Committee on Internally Displaced Persons
Chairman, Sheikh Adan Wachu, addresses members of the
Committee during their induction meeting at the Kenya School of
Government. Devolution PS Ms. Mwanamaka Mabruki (Left)
officially opened the meeting.
This Financial year, the
Government has allocated
Ksh
705
Million
for
construction of houses for
internally displaced persons,
surveying and stock-taking of
all resettlement programmes,
and resettling of 243 IDPs who
are still holed up in Uganda.
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Anti-FGM Board wants County Governments to establish rescue
centres for girls
BY ODHIAMBO OMONDI
The Anti-FGM Board will liaise with governments of counties where female genital mutilation is rampant to establish rescue centres
for girls who run away from the cut.
Anti-FGM chairperson Linah Kilimo said the
rescue centres will provide temporary refuge
for girls who are threatened with forced circumcision or rejection by their families for
refusing to undergo the retrogressive practice.
“The rescue centres will house girls for a
short while before they are reunited with their
families,” she said.
Mrs Kilimo was speaking in Oloitokitok town
in Kajiado County during a sensitization forum for law enforcement officers from Oloitokitok sub-county on Wednesday 18th February.
Over 70 officers including chiefs, their assistants and police were sensitized on the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2011.
Mrs. Kilimo said that the future of girls from
the Maasai community and others who are
married off immediately after being cut was
bleak as they will not be able to compete with
girls from other parts of the country.
“Opportunities will by-pass girls from communities that still pursue FGM and other
harmful cultural practices as they will not get
jobs and other economic and social benefits
associated with education,” said Mrs. Kilimo.
The Anti-FGM Board chair at the same time
Anti-FGM Board Chair Linah Kilimo takes law enforcement officers through the Prohibition
of FGM Act 2011 during a sensitization forum at Oloitokitok town, Kajiado County
asked women who suffer from fistula to seek
urgent treatment through her office.
She further asked men to be in the forefront
in the fight against FGM saying the negative
effects of the practice affected them in as
much as it affected women.
Oloitokitok Sub County Commissioner Jeremiah Kikua called for more sensitization
forums saying FGM was grounded on many
myths and taboos hence making it difficult to
eradicate.
“Communities are threatened that they will die
if they do not perform FGM on their girls,”
said Mr Kikua.
He asked chiefs to take legal action against any
parent who refuses to take their girls to school
without exception.
“If sensitization fails, the law should take its
course,” said Mr Kikua.
MoDP attracts wide media coverage for its programmes
BY FIDELMA MUNYAO
tion rating about the ministry on key sectors, 63% were neutral and 1% of the coverage gave a contrary perception.
The Ministry of Devolution and Planning has
continued to enjoy remarkable coverage
across all media channels owing to its numerous engagements that cut across various directorates and SAGAs.
The number of stories appearing in the
media for the month of January had a Public Relations (PR) Value of Kshs 180 million, according to Inter Management Group
Kenya Limited who did the analysis. The
agency compiles daily media monitoring
reports and monthly media reputation analysis focusing on the media’s coverage of
the ministry.
According to the latest monthly Media Reputation Analysis for January, the ministry had
249 stories appearing across mainstream media platforms - 106 were carried in the mainstream print media, 107 in mainstream radio
stations across the country and 36 stories on
the country’s main television platforms.
36% of the stories elicited a positive percep-
PR Value is the worth associated to a PR
engagement for an organization whose
value to the consumers is 2.5 times higher
than perceived advertising cost. This means
that had the ministry chosen to advertise the
information through the various media, it
would have cost the ministry well over Kshs
180 million.
Some of the ministry’s institutions whose
news content contributed to the wide coverage include Huduma Kenya, Uwezo Fund,
NYS, Anti FGM Board and NGO Board
among others.
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ECOSOC hosts 2015 Youth Forum
BY MARTHA BORE
The United Nations Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) hosted a group of youth
representatives from around the world to
discuss youth activism and engagement with
the UN. The Forum was held on 2nd -3rd February, 2015 at UN Headquarters in New
York.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered
the keynote address telling the youth their generation has a historic opportunity to end poverty, fight injustice, and create jobs. He said
that the 1.8 billion young people around the
world should be seen as a “force of change”
with creativity and ingenuity to tackle the
world’s problems.
Youth Development Officer Ms Martha Bore
and Youth Representative to the United Nations Wambui Kahara represented Kenya at
the Forum.
The Forum through which the views of young
people could be brought in the Post 2015 development agenda, allowed young people from
around the world to learn about UN processes
on development.
The forum was also addressed by ECOSOC
President Martin Sajdik who emphasized the
need for strengthening participation of young
people in the activities of the UN, and welcomed their opinions on climate change, development, education and policy.
UN Envoy on Youth Ahmed Alhendawi
stressed that youth ownership of the Post-2015
development agenda will be crucial to their
implementation.
WEF up-scales efforts to increase uptake of loans in hard-toreach areas in Kenya
BY ROSSLYNE NYANGI
Nine women groups in Isiolo North Constituency have received Ksh. 1,450,000 from the
Women Enterprise Fund (WEF).
The Fund’s Advisory Board Chairperson
Mrs Mumina Bonaya presided over the
cheque issuance ceremony on 7th February,
2015 at Bomen hotel in Isiolo Town. Also
present was Isiolo County Women Representative Tiyah Galgalo and other Government Officers.
Mrs Bonaya said the Fund is making deliberate efforts to ensure women in the hard to
reach areas are able to access their services
adding that such efforts are evident by the
activities it has carried out in Isiolo North
Constituency.
She urged women to come out in large numbers to borrow from the Fund saying it guarantees them economic development.
Among the strategies the Fund plans to use
to increase the uptake of its products within
the hard to reach regions in Kenya include
sensitization of women to address their challenges in accessing finances, partnering with
local leaders to educate women on the importance of borrowing, carrying out media
WEF Advisory Board chairperson Mrs Mumina Bonaya and Isiolo Women Rep Tiyah Galgalo with some of the loan beneficiaries in Isiolo North Constituency
campaigns and creating synergies with Government departments.
The Fund will also sensitize women entrepreneurs on Sacco formation and also introduce
mentorship programs in order to increase their
access to funding and thus reduce marginalization.
WEF has to date disbursed loans worth Ksh
21.25 million to 4,155 beneficiaries in Isiolo
County. The county is composed of two constituencies. In Isiolo North constituency alone,
the Fund has so far issued 17.65 million to
3,525 women beneficiaries since it started the
disbursements. The constituency has a commendable repayment rate of 84%.
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Youth Fund’s eight years of empowering the youth
marises the eight year journey thus: "The
Fund has grown from a seedling to a wonder
of our continent. It has inspired many similar
funds in Africa".
BY FELISTA MORAA
AND KAWIRA GITHINJI
Over 320,000 youth’s across the country have
received entrepreneurship training through
mandatory pre-financing entrepreneurship
training offered by Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF).
Ms Namuye announced that YEDF has diversified its loans products in an effort to meet
the dynamic needs of youth entrepreneurs.
The new products include the Film loan, Bid
Bond and LPO financing as well as Sharia
compliant loans.
YEDF CEO, Ms. Catherine Namuye announced this achievement as the fund marked
eight years of existence on 1st February 2015.
In addition, the Fund has enhanced its entrepreneurship training programme to include
the Identify, Train and Empower (iTempo)
and mentorship programme known as I’ve got
10 minutes….do you?. These programmes
aim to instill self-belief, motivation, entrepreneurship as well as leadership skills among
young people.
“The training aims to equip youth with business knowledge and skills to enable them tap
into opportunities in their respective counties
while at the same time embracing modern
business management methods,” Ms Namuye
said.
Since its establishment in 2007, the fund has
remained focused on its core mandate of
economically empowering Kenyan youth
through provision of affordable credit to start
and expand businesses.
YEDF CEO Ms Catherine Namuye
YEDF Public Relations Manager Benson
Muthendi, a founder staff of the Fund, sum-
The Fund has disbursed Kshs. 11.1 billion in
loans to 263,000 youth groups and individuals, supported youth to market their products
locally and abroad, and also facilitated their
PSC delegates human resource powers to Cabinet Secretaries
BY KAWIRA GITHINJI
Cabinet Secretaries have been given powers
to manage the human resource functions in
their respective ministries. This is in accordance with new guidelines in a circular released by Public Service Commission dated
5th January 2015 that follows the launch of the
Policy on Decentralization of Human Resource Management in the Civil Service.
The delegated authority is in accordance with
article 234(5) of the Constitution of Kenya,
2010, and the Public Service Commission
regulations. The aim of the guidelines is to
provide norms and standards for implementa-
tion of the Policy on Decentralization of
Human Resource Management in the Civil
Service.
The delegated powers include development
and implementation of strategic human resource plans, rationalization of staffing levels, administration of schemes of service,
recruitment of new staff, and promotion and
re-designation of officers in job groups “A”
to “P”. The CSs will be expected to ensure
prudent utilization of the personal emoluments budgets and be answerable for the
performance of staff in their ministries.
Staff management will be based on measura-
ble performance targets while inter-ministerial
transfers will cease. Employees who wish to
move from one ministry to another will have
to apply for vacant positions as and when
advertised.
The guidelines are expected to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and accountability in the
management of Human Resources in the civil
service by ensuring that employees are answerable to the Cabinet Secretary as the Chief
Executive in the Ministry.
PSC conducted a sensitization program for
Ministry of Devolution and Planning staff on
Tuesday, 17th February at Kenya School of
Government.
ICT unit releases new staff email addresses
BY BENARD ROTICH
Members of staff in the Ministry of
Devolution and Planning will no longer need
to use their personal web based commercial
email addresses for official communication.
The ICT Unit has developed email addresses
where the initial of the officer’s first name
and the surname are combined to make the
user name. For example Kenya Citizen will
be kcitizen@devolutionplanning.go.ke.
To access the email url platform, the officer
simply
goes
to
https://
mail.devolutionplanning.go.ke and logs in
with his/her user name and password in the
displayed field once the email account is
activated.
To get a new email address and have it
activated, an officer is required to send a
request for allocation of email address to
ict@devolutionplanning.go.ke. The request
will be replied within the shortest time
possible indicating the address together with
the password to commence the activation
process.
With this development, all official
communication by and among staff with
respect to letters, memos and newsletters will
henceforth be through the official email
addresses.
The ICT Unit will sensitize all officers on
their new email addresses in order to achieve
a seamless migration from their current web
based commercial emails to the official
ministry domain.
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PICTORIAL
Vision
To be a centre of excellence in
devolution and planning for a globally
competitive and prosperous nation
with a high quality of life for all
Kenyans
Mission
To provide effective leadership and
coordination in devolution and
planning, policy formulation and
tracking results for a globally
competitive and prosperous nation.
Core Values
‘Feelanga’ like a pupil ...
It must feel nice to give back especially to make the learning experience alot more interesting and
comfortable for the younger ones. CS Anne Waiguru was all smiles as she ‘reconnected with good old
days as a pupil’, upon sampling the comfortable desks and chairs she had just donated to Kiamugumo
Primary School in Kirinyaga County over the weekend. Seated on her left is Gichugu MP Njogu
Barua, Kirinyaga County Governor Joseph Ndathi and Senator Daniel Karaba (in red tie).
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Professional Integrity
Commitment to Results.
Participatory Approach .
Customer Orientation.
Commitment to teamwork.
Commitment to the welfare of
employees.
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This is it ...
Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda (in blue) makes her point as CS Anne
Waiguru and PS Mwanamaka Mabruki keenly listen. The CS had paid a courtesy call on the VC at her
office before they all proceeded to attend the Third ASAL Stakeholders Forum within the precincts of
the university on Monday 23rd February.
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