The Kenya government strongly believes in accelerated development and more efficient delivery of public services to the people of Kenya, with an emphasis on youth, women and previously marginalised groups and regions. For this reason, it has adopted the Second Medium Term Plan of the Kenya Vision 2030, and under it, every ministry is required to prepare a five year strategic plan with details on the priority projects that it will implement in that period to enable the government to meet its overall responsibilities to the people of Kenya. It should be borne in mind that a strategic plan is an important result based management tool that ensures effective and efficient delivery of services.
This strategic plan covers the period 2013/14-2017/18 and is aimed at guiding the Ministry of Devolution and Planning in delivering its mandate. A product of extensive collaboration and comprehensive feedback from our internal and external stakeholders, the plan establishes the strategic framework for the planning and delivery of devolution services in Kenya as well as timely monitoring and evaluation of performance. The strategic plan is anchored on Kenya Vision 2030 and the Second Medium Term Plan 2013/14-2017/18, while also taking into account the provisions and expectations of the Constitution of Kenya and the promises of the Jubilee government to the people of Kenya when it came to office in 2013. The core responsibilities cover Planning, Devolution, Public Service, Youth, Gender, Arid and Semi Arid Lands, Special Programmes and the Office of Management and Budget.
The Strategic Plan begins with a definition of the Ministry’s vision, mission, objectives, strategies, outcomes and expected performance benchmarks. It then proceeds to provide a framework for realising the delivery of tangible development results to all Kenyans. The plan will also act as a guide for assessing performance and achievements of results in the ministry for the next five years, across all its responsibilities.
The implementation of this strategic plan is the responsibility of not just the executive or heads of departments but also all staff in the Ministry. The Ministry must work as a team in service delivery for this is what Kenyans expect of us. Each Department or Directorate is therefore required to translate the strategic action plan into departmental work plans and thus provide the foundation for departmental performance evaluation. At the same time, we expect to see closer collaboration, consultation and communication between all the departments and directorates in this ministry.
The Ministry of Devolution and Planning has been charged with many significant national commitments at this period of our history, considering the 2010 constitution and the Vision 2030. Kenyans expect to see a real change in their lives across the responsibilities covered by this Ministry: better quality of services from our public servants; a devolved system of government that is efficient and accountable to the people; fulfilment of Vision 2030 targets; fulfilment of promises made to our youth and women; timely and accurate information on our economic and social performance as a nation; and accelerated development of our ASAL regions. This strategic plan provides the roadmap to meet these goals. I implore our staff, stakeholders and ordinary Kenyans to join us in that effort.
Anne Waiguru, OGW
Cabinet Secretary