Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary
The Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary (OPCS) was established under the Executive Order No. 1 of October 2022, later superseded by the Executive Order No. 1 of January 2023 on Organization of the Government of the Republic of Kenya.
The Office is charged with institutionalizing principles of the ‘Whole-of-Government (WoG)’ and ‘Open-Government (OG)’ approaches in Government work places and in delivery of public services.
The WoG approach is an internal public service culture whose qualifiers of ‘inter-sectoral’, ‘multi-sectoral’ and ‘cross-sectoral’ are used interchangeably to form a work ethic approach ‘in which public service agencies work across portfolio boundaries’ to develop integrated policies and programmes towards the achievement of shared, complementary and interdependent goals by;
Ø Enhancing multisectoral collaboration;
Ø Ensuring principles of universal access, equity, accountability, participation and intersectoral action in all areas of policy formulation and implementation;
Ø Creating synergies;
Ø Considering implications of decisions; and
Ø Avoiding harmful policy impacts.
The OG is a broader approach that enhances transparency by moving beyond public authorities decision-making and engaging non-state actors. This translates to involving “all relevant stakeholders: Including individuals, families and communities, intergovernmental organizations, religious institutions, civil society, academia, the media, voluntary associations and the private sector and industry.” Here, transparency is given a high value to counter maleficence such as corruption.
The common rationale for these approaches is twofold: First, recognition that Government does not exist for its own sake and is highly dependent on actors beyond itself. Second, to address the multidimensional and transdisciplinary challenges inherent in the running of Government, there is the need to overcome departmentalism and siloed work, to increase policy coherence and effectiveness.
VISION: One government delivering quality public services to Kenyans.
MISSION: To effectively coordinate and supervise the formulation and implementation of national government policies, legislations, programmes and projects to foster equitable, inclusive and sustainable development.
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