Nyeri County Programme Based Budget 2018/2019

Abstract

The Office has also continued to organize several performance review workshops for the County Executives and the Chief Officers which has been helpful in terms of creating sound systems, policies and strategies for better governance and performance of the County The Mandate of the Office of County Secretary is to coordinate and facilitate the business of the County Government of Nyeri generally and to support the effective functioning of the Executive Committee specifically. The Office also ensures an adequate degree of inter-departmental consultation on proposals for Executive Committee, manages the quality and content of information reaching the Executive Committee and Executive Committees by reviewing all materials in advance as briefing the Governor on key issues coming to the Executive Committee. As Head of the County Public Service, the Office provides stewardship to the overall County performance and related county-wide governance systems. For the larger part of the period under review the Office of the County Secretary has had few staff which affected its operations. . However the working through staff from other Departments, the Office has been effective in organizing and preparing the business of Executive Committee, setting up management systems for these meetings, planning induction meetings for Executive Secretaries, Chief Officers and Directors as well as coordinating inter-departmental and county organs Page | 7 communication. The Department now has three other Directorates following the reorganization of Government. These include Directorate of Public Administration, Directorate of Enforcement and Directorate of Alcohol Management.