Interior Ministry to reinforce its role in enabling development

The Ministry of Interior is exploring additional ways to reinforce its role as a critical enabler of sustainable socio-economic development in the country.

According to Interior Principal Secretary (PS) Dr Raymond Omollo, the intention is to sharpen the National Government Administrative Officers' (NGAOs) structure and make them effective in their responsibilities at the grassroots level for efficient delivery of services.

"We currently have 14,406 national government administrators across the country, right from the Regional Commissioners down to the Assistant Chiefs. These are our pillars in the provision of security and citizen services," said the Interior PS.

Dr Omollo noted that the State Department was keen on fully aligning its operations with the government’s inclusive socio-economic transformation by ensuring that there is a safe and secure environment for every citizen to participate in nation-building endeavors.

He also undertook to lead from the front in intensifying the coordination, supervision, monitoring, and reporting on national government projects and programmes to ensure citizens get value for their money across all sectors of the economy.

"Maintenance of law and order is our core business, but we are also exploring better ways on how we can engage and work more collaboratively with other agencies and partners to ensure optimum service delivery to mwananchi," he said.

Among other duties, government administrators also oversee the dissemination and implementation of government policies; coordination of security agencies in the field; and coordination of disaster management and emergency responses.

This was among the submissions made by the PS during the inaugural meeting of all Principal Secretaries chaired by the Prime Cabinet Secretary (CS) Musalia Mudavadi at KSG Lower Kabete, to have State Departments synergize their operations under the all-of-government approach to service delivery.