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Transforming Education in Kajiado: A Bold Step Towards Digital Literacy.

Education is evolving and Kajiado County is taking a significant leap forward.  

Today CECM for Education,Vocational Training ,Youths and Sports Janet Sereu, alongside Chief Officer Naomi Parinkoi ,Ward and sub-county coordinators, The county Government of Kajiado signed an MOU with our esteemed partners Education Limited , officially launching a three-day digital literacy training at Primary Boys School (PBS).

As the world moves towards digital literacy and numeracy, this initiative will empower enumerators with the necessary skills and gadgets to train teachers in arithmetic and language. 

This foundational workshop sets the stage for next week’s teacher training, followed by Phase Two, where coordinators will deepen their digital skills in education,ensuring Kajiado keeps pace with the rest of the country.

In a groundbreaking partnership, the County Government has also signed an MOU with iHub to train teachers in numeracy and literacy skills across five wards. This marks a major turnaround for the Early Childhood Education sector in Kajiado. 

The County is fully committed to capacity building for officers and teachers, strengthening the foundation of education and ensuring a brighter future for our children.

County Government of Kajiado through the Department of Public Service together with the State Department for Devolution is holding a Mid-Year Performance assessment exercise meeting to assess progress, reevaluate priorities, and adjust plans for the remainder of the year.

The meeting was officially opened by CECM Health Services Alex Kilowua and his Counterpart for Gender ,Culture and Tourism Jeremiah Ole Ncharo ,Chief Officers Health taking the lead today , Human Resources Winfred Taiko together with the Devolution assessors , Directors and Technical teams are in attendance.

“The 47 counties will be ranked based on value, adherance to County Government Act and the Public Finance Management Act and other guidelines set. The ranking will determine the amount that will be received in level 2 KDSP grant with which counties can decide on the projects to invest the funds in,” said Human Resource Winfred Taiko .

County Director of Human Resources Management and Development, Ms Winfred Taiko has assured the stakeholders that the County has strengthened its systems to streamline service delivery in the devolved functions.

She also encouraged the departments of the key results areas to share the skills they have gained with fellow employees to further streamline services at the departments.

KDSP is a program geared towards strengthening capacity at the National and County Government levels for improved devolved service delivery on the areas of Public Financial Management; Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation; Human Resources Management, Civic Education and Public Participation and Environmental and Social Safeguards Systems.

In preparation for the forthcoming funding by the World Bank under the second phase of the Kenya Devolution Support Programme ( KDSP), I have today launched the County Programmes Steering Committee.

This committee which I chair, comprises of key members of the Executive and the County Assembly and will be mandated to monitor and implement key development programmes under KDSP (II).

We had an opportunity to present our grand plan on value chain on key products such as milk, meat, hides & skins, and tomatoes among other departments such as water and Environment.

In this launch, Devolution PS Teresia Mbaika was represented by the Director of Capacity Building and Technical Assistance, Kennedy Nyambati, among other senior officers.

We look forward to a successful implementation of the World Bank funded programmes in this new phase that will take five years.

Kajiado County Secretary, Dr Leina Mpoke,together with the Office of the Deputy President-State Department for Devolution led by the National Programme Coordinator, Dr Samuel Nyaga, Margaret Osilli-Key Result Area 3 Manager,Peter Akwalu-Key Result Area 1 Manager and Ruth Musau-Key Result Area 2 Manager, today held a consultative discussion and presentation on the KDSP II Performance-Based Grants to strengthen county performance in the financing, management, coordination, and accountability for resources.

Both the National and County teams converged in Nairobi and identified the Key Result Areas as follows;

1: Sustainable Financing and Expenditure Management

2: Intergovernmental Coordination, Institutional Performance and Human Resource Management

3: Oversight, Participation and Accountability

KDSP programmes have been instrumental in accelerated development projects and have transformed the skyline of many devolved units