Government officers asked to expound government policies at grassroots

Kabarnet

Friday, August 18, 2023

KNA by Joshua Kibet

National Government Public Officers in Rift Valley Region have been asked to effectively utilize National Government Administrative Officers’ (NGAO) existing structures, to explain and interpret government policies, programmes, and projects, at the grassroots level.

Regional Director of Government Delivery Services (DDS), Sitati Olando, regretted that the amount of information reaching the public in rural areas on government programmes and policies, is minimal because relevant officers fail to involve National Government officials such as the County Commissioners, Chiefs and their Assistants, whose structures extend to the villages.

Mr Olando reiterated the need to upscale the level of information passed to wananachi on what the government is doing to counter the misinformation that Kenya Kwanza Administration is doing very little, in addressing the current socio-economic challenges facing the country.

He also urged the officers as critical agents of the National Government to make use of public barazas convened by Deputy County Commissioners and Chiefs in their respective areas of jurisdiction, to educate the public on availability of devolved services such as Inua Jamii, Hustler, Women and Youth funds.

“Let us embrace team work spirit and work together for the better good of mwananchi. Avoid working in ‘silos’ but be inclusive. If there is a challenge please negotiate with your sister department, to avoid a situation where a State Agency takes another to court, for issues which could be resolved amicably if both sit down and iron out,” he emphasized.

The Regional Director made the call, Thursday, when he inaugurated the National Government-Baringo Implementation Coordination and Management Committee (NGD_CICMC), at the Baringo Central NG-CDF Conference Hall.

In the meeting chaired by the County Commissioner, Stephen Kutwa and attended by Government Delivery Services Director-In-Charge of North Rift, Martin Rotich, Olando directed the County Directors drawn from Ministries, Parastatals and State Agencies, to ensure that all projects they implement were aligned to Bottom-Up Economic Transformational Agenda (BETA) plan.

He warned that going forward the government will not tolerate officers who absent themselves from critical meetings as doing so will be tantamount to slowing down implementation of government policies and programmes.

Mr Olando also reminded the officers as coordinators and supervisors of projects at the county level, to acquaint themselves adequately with the current government manifestos and promises under which it was ushered into power.

The County Commissioner in his opening remarks, urged the directors to embrace teamwork spirit and commitment to deliver quality services to area residents.

Mr Kutwa also called upon the Heads of Department to take the monthly meetings seriously, since they were key in ensuring seamless coordination of planned projects amongst the departments.

Courtesy ; K. N. A