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The Kenyan Ministry of Devolution and Planning will launch a national electronic monitoring and evaluation framework that will help in tracking progress made in the implementation of its 2013-2017 Medium Term Plan (MTP).
According to cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru, the monitoring system will also enable Kenyans to track the development progress reports in real time.
Waiguru, in a speech read on her behalf by principal secretary Eng. Peter Mangiti during the launch of dissemination forum for the Second MTP at the Siaya Agricultural Training Centre, said the platform will go a long way in enhancing a system of checks and balances for the implementation of the plan.
“The new approach will enable access to progress in real time and also hold project planners and implementers accountable to the public as the constitution requires,” she said.
There are currently consultative forums being carried out across the country starting today, with the main objective to empower and strengthen county governments’ capacity to prepare and implement the Integrated County Strategic Plan (ICSP).
Mangiti said the ministry of devolution and planning has under this plan outlined an implementation framework to guide the counties in preparing their County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) in line with the Public Finance Management Act (2012).
“The Ministry of Devolution and Planning will publish Annual Progress Reports (APRs) on the implementation of the second MTP of Vision 2030 to promote efficiency and accountability in the process,” he said.
