The Ministry of Interior has announced a mandatory performance review of staff every six months in a bid to optimise efficiency in the docket.
In a statement on Wednesday, December 11, the Ministry announced that the performance review would cut across all departments, with supervisors being tasked with evaluating the performance of staff under their wing.
"Supervisors must make a deliberate attempt to evaluate how personnel are performing and provide the necessary support to help them fulfil their job responsibilities effectively," the statement said.
On Wednesday, the Heads of Departments (HoDs) from the State Department for Internal and National Administration also signed the third-level performance contracts with Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo.
These performance contracts are an integral part of the Fourth Medium Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030, covering the period from 2023 to 2027.
While the Ministry did not break down the reasons behind the directive, the move could have been prompted by the urgent need to salvage the Interior Ministry's reputation.
Earlier this year, a damning report emerged from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission suggesting that the Interior Ministry was the most prone to corruption.
According to the National Ethics and Corruption Survey 2023, a staggering 47.1% of respondents named the Interior Ministry as the most prone to graft cases. The Ministry of Health came in a distance second with 13.2%.
Notably, the Interior Ministry's resolve to conduct mandatory reviews among staff every half-year comes at a time when Ministries are on their toes amid an ongoing Annual Performance Evaluation for the 2023/24 Financial Year.
The two-month exercise, which will be overseen by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo for Performance and Delivery Management officially commenced on Monday, December 9.
Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Urban Development was among the first dockets to undergo the evaluation exercise, with CS Alice Wahome on Tuesday, December 10, highlighting some of the challenges her docket has encountered in the latest financial year, thus hindering optimized performances.
Meanwhile, Owalo has assured the Ministries, State Departments, MDAs and Agencies that the evaluation exercise would be conducted in a transparent manner, with the best-performing ministries set to be rewarded.
