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Cabinet Office has embarked on a performance audit review process and development of a strategic plan to guide its operations.
The strategic plan will be realigned to the policies outlined in the Patriotic Front (PF) administration manifesto and will run from 2013 to 2016.
Permanent Secretary in charge of administration at Cabinet Office Anna Mwitwa Mwewa said it was imperative for Cabinet to have a strategic plan for it to have a clear sense of direction.
Ms. Mwewa said the performance of Cabinet Office has a direct bearing on the overall performance of government.
She was speaking in at the retreat on visioning, performance audit review and 2013-2016 Cabinet Office strategic plan development and drafting.
She said running an institution without a strategic plan was like captaining a ship without a rudder on high seas.
The Permanent Secretary therefore challenged the participants of the retreat visioning, performance audit review to fully apply themselves during the retreat to help government attain its vision of “sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.”
She disclosed that Cabinet has in the interim been using the same expired strategic plan of 2010 adding that many things have happened since then.
“A number of changes that have taken place at Cabinet Office; of note, is the upgrading of the Gender In Development Division (GIDD) into a fully-fledged Ministry of Gender in 2012 and upgrading of the state functions unit into a department,” she said.
Ms. Mwewa said these changes, together with the creation of the civil service travel office, will need to be factored into the strategic plan under development.
