The head of Kenya’s Public Service, Felix Koskei has announced that Kenya and Uganda will continue working together to promote development for the benefit of their citizenries.
Speaking at a reception in which he receive d his Ugandan counterpart, Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, Mr Koskei (pictured) said Kenya would encourage exchange programs so the two bureaucracies could learn from each other on new areas and innovations.
“The areas of mutual interest include management control and implementation of Cabinet decisions, the responsibilities of the Public Service Commission and how performance management contracts are undertaken,” Mr Koskei said.
“Public Service offices in Kenya and Uganda handle almost the same issues, a need that requires the mainstreaming of emerging issues for effective service delivery.”
He singled out technical cooperation, business, education, various areas of administration, production, manufacturing, establishment of economic zones in rural areas, tourism and climate change as some of the areas where both countries could benefit from a shared experience.
Ms Mbonye said she had decided to visit Kenya on a benchmarking mission after listening to a presentation from Kenya on performance contracts in the Public Service at a Commonwealth meeting.
She said her country could “borrow a leaf from Kenya’s Public Service on various issues dealing with effective service delivery”.
“Uganda and Kenya, as sister countries, have almost the same resources, hence would not want to lag behind in development,” Ms Mbonye said.
“The two countries will continue with this collaborative trend.”
Nairobi, 13 March 2023
