Committee to oversee all National Government Projects

Sep 13, 2023 - 13:51

Kakamega County Commissioner Mr. John Ondego (wearing red tie), the Western Regional Head of Government Delivery Services (GDS) Secretariat Mr. Silvance Osele,(on his left) pose for a photo with members of the National Government Development County Implementation Coordination & Management Committee (NGD-CICMC) for Kakamega County. He has directed all heads of government ministries and Departments to prepare reports of the projects, programmes and policies they are implementing saying Project Ver

Kakamega,

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

KNA by George Kaiga

All heads of National Government Ministries, Departments and Semi- Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) have been directed to prepare reports of all projects, programmes and policies being implemented in their jurisdictions as the National Government moves to Fasttrack their implementation.

Kakamega County Commissioner Mr. John Ondego, when launching the National Government Development County Implementation Coordination & Management Committee (NGD-CICMC) for the County said the status reports help track all projects, programmes and policies.

He said this will also ensure the committee unlocks any challenges hindering their implementation.

“The committee will visit, evaluate and resolve some of the challenges that implementers could be facing and escalate to the National Government Development Regional Implementation Coordination & Management Committee (NGD-RICMC),” he said.

“This will further be escalated to the Principal Secretaries (PSs) committee to fastrack completion in the event of bottlenecks,” he added.

The committee, is chaired by the County Commissioner and membership is composed of all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) at the county level with the Regional Director and County Government Delivery Services (GDS) heading the Secretariat.

The Western Regional Head of Secretariat Mr. Silvance Osele said the whole Government Approach to Project implementation will help enhance efficiency by reducing bureaucracy and ensuring timely implementation, which in effect saves on public resources.

Osele, who is also in charge of Nyanza region said since the committee will be periodically visiting a number of the projects to assess the progress.

Operations of the GDS (initially known as Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU) is domiciled at the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary Mr. Musalia Mudavadi and seeks to help in realization of the Kenya Kwanza administration’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

Courtesy; KNA