The Executive Office of the President has announced the commencement of performance evaluation exercise involving all public servants.
In a statement on December 4, the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Performance and Delivery Management announced that it would commence the Annual Performance Evaluation of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the 2023/24 Financial Year on Monday, 9th December 2024.
The exercise will involve all Government ministries, state corporations and tertiary institutions and is expected to take two months.
The Government has used performance contracting as the key performance management tool for implementing its programmes and projects for socio-economic transformation.
In addition, the Annual Performance Evaluation exercise is the culmination of the performance contracting process in the public service and is carried out in a manner that ensures objectivity and integrity of the results.
“Performance evaluation is based on the commitments agreed upon at the beginning of the Financial Year and which are contained in the Performance Contracts of respective MDAS,” the statement reads in part.
Notably, the performance indicators contained in the Performance Contracts (PC) are informed by national development goals, as espoused mainly in the Kenya Vision 2030 and the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
The contracts are cascaded to all Departments, Agencies, Sections, Units and eventually to all cadres of employees in order to entrench a performance-oriented culture in the public service.
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At the end of the Financial Year, Government MDAs undergo performance evaluation in order to determine actual achievements against the targets set in the Performance Contracts.
Evaluation of public servants
The evaluation process starts with MDAs undertaking mandatory self- performance evaluation (in-house evaluation) based on the annual achievements for each Performance Indicator and the Targets in the Performance Contract. This was completed in time by all MDAs thus paving the way for the upcoming external evaluation.
The external evaluation exercise will be coordinated by the Public Service Performance Management Unit (PSPMU) in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Performance and Delivery Management.
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It will entail physical verification of the quarterly and annual achievements for the 2023/24 Financial Year as reported by MDAs.
This will ensure the credibility of the exercise and its results. The whole process of Performance Evaluation is undertaken through the Government Performance Management Information System (GPCIS)
Performance contracting is undertaken on an annual basis with the objectives of improving efficiency and effectiveness in the management of public service and improving service delivery to the public by ensuring that top-level managers are accountable for results, and in turn hold those below them accountable.
It also has objectives of reversing the decline in the efficiency of the public service; ensuring that allocation of resources is aligned to the attainment of the key national policy priorities of the Government measuring and evaluating performance.
Linking rewards to measurable performance and strengthening and clarifying the obligations required of the Government and its employees in order to achieve agreed targets.
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