President Uhuru Kenyatta has over looked the 2/3 gender rule inn his new system of administration. In the helm of the top officials tasked with spearheading the Four Tier system of authority, Women are no where to be seen.
The cry of women to be in position of power and the various institution to uphold the 2/3 gender rule as stipulated in the constitution as proved to be difficult.
The head of state in his new appointment places CS Fred Matiang’i at the center of power. His role is close to that of the Prime Minister.
He is deputized by CS Henry Rotich. They are tasked to ensure that the Big Four Agenda is properly implemented.
Matiang’i will take charge of the implementation and monitoring of all development projects initiated and funded by the national government through a new Cabinet sub-committee.
The sub-committee will be known as the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee. It brings on board all CSs, Attorney General Kihara Kariuki and Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua.
Under the new directive, the conceptualisation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation will be done right from the grassroots.
The Matiangi-led National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee will report directly to the President.
It would provide overall supervisory leadership throughout the delivery circle of all national government’s programmes and projects.
Among the central roles of the committee would be to ensure coordinated strategic communication to the public and other stakeholders in the progress of government programmes and projects.
Other functions include monitoring and evaluation of the follow-up mechanism for resources allocated for priority programmes and projects to ensure proper use and realizstion of targeted outcomes.
The committee has been given sweeping powers and could recommend termination of some contracts and recommend legal action in cases where there is presumed loss of public funds.
It will provide “timely guidance on appropriate measures to address challenges constraining effective implementation and delivery of development programmes and projects”.
Reporting to the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee is a technical team comprising 14 princiapal secretaries to be known as the National Development Implementation Technical Committee.
But women will continue crying for their share which has been overlooked for ages. Most women will be up in arms to oppose this new team to lead the Four Tier system of authority.
The push for the 2/3 gender bill has always hit a snarl with numerous attempts to make it fully functional failing to receive back up from members of parliament.
But it is a good thing if they are included in the national share.
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