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Pensions department implements new scheme of service
As part of the ongoing reforms at the Pensions Department, the revised scheme of service for Pensions Personnel is now in force with effect from 1st July 2009 having been approved by the Ministry of State for Public Service on 21st December 2009. The new scheme currently under implementation has created six additional cadres for Pensions Assistants while retaining ten cadres for Pensions Officers.
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Implementing the new constitution: A solid foundation to anchor public financial management reforms in Kenya
Like other developing nations both within the continent and beyond, Kenya generally faces some broad challenges with regard to Public Financial Management (PFM) and the development and administration of a credible and effective Public Financial Management Reform agenda.
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Taking stock of the costs of Devolution
The Constitution provides for Devolution and Public Finance in Chapter 12 and 15 respectively. There are other chapters in the constitution that discuss money but these two chapters have a direct bearing on the tangent resource utilization will take after 2012. One is that the framework for devolution that this country will adopt will greatly impact on the cost of implementing the new constitution. Two, the framework that will be legislated for public finance management under chapter 15 will go a long way in influencing the future utilization of public resources in this country.
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Benefits of the KRA Contact Centre begins showing
Many people may not be aware of the fact that the increasingly popular Contact Centre at the Kenya Revenue Authority has been put in place through the support of the PFMR Programme.
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Benefits of reforms felt as Internal Audit Department subjects 44 Ministries to quality assurance reviews
The past two years (2009 to date) has seen a strengthened Internal Audit Department cut teeth in relatively new audit fields such as quality assurance and value for money reviews. Recent done by the Department in these emerging fields has increased its visibility and recognition.
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IFMIS re-engineered to revitalize public financial management
The realization by the Government of the need to reform the public financial management system goes back to the 1990s. The matter, however, became more pronounced in 2003 when the NARC Government assumed power.
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Task Force on Review of the PFMR Strategy begin sittings
A Task Force to review the PFMR Strategy has begun sittings in Nairobi.
The twelve member team Chaired by the PFMR Coordinator, Mr. Khasiani Kubai is tasked with the responsibility of reviewing the current strategy to embrace emerging changes brought about by the new constitution. The team is also expected to propose a viable implementation framework for the period 2011-2016
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TNA for PFMR Components kicks off
The PFMR Programme has kicked off a TNA for its Components.
The exercise which commenced last week at the Kenya College of Accountancy is expected to end in January and the findings factored in the PFMR Monitoring and Evaluation framework to be launched early next year.
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How KENAO has eased the audit backlog
Audit backlog at the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO) has been on a steady decline since the institution embraced Public Financial Management Reforms (PFMR) in 2007. The reforms have ensured that annual Government financial audit reports are produced in a timely manner hence permanently eliminating audit backlog within central Government.
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Kenyans happy with changes at the Internal Audit and the Pensions Departments
Many have been the occasions when Kenyans have gasped with disbelief at the sheer volume of resource misuse by the Government ministries, departments and statutory bodies. Reports by both the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance and the Kenya National Audit Office have for a number of years religiously chronicled extensive misuse of State resources without proper explanation and worse still, the money has always vanished for good.
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AfDB rolls out Project Completion Report for the Kenya Institutional Support for Good Governance as Government calls for increased support
ADB terminal supervision mission ends in Nairobi
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Notable reform achievements under the Kenya National Audit Office and the Public Procurement System
A number of systems changes have occurred at the Kenya National Audit Office and within the public procurement system since 2006 when the public financial management reforms officially took effect in Kenya. The current article summarizes some of these changes.
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Key PFM reform achievements in Kenya
The Kenya Government launched it Public Financial Management Reform Programme (PFMR) in 2006. Since then, the Country has seen a number of systems reforms in budget formulation, public procurement, external audit, revenue collection, budget execution, internal audit, parliamentary oversight, payroll and pensions, debt and guarantee, external resources, accounting and reporting and the macro-fiscal framework. This article summarizes Kenya’s notable PFM reform achievements in two key areas: revenue collection and budget formulation.
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Vacancy - Legal Specialist
The Ministry of Finance through the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform Secretariat seeks to recruit a qualified Legal Specialist on a 1-year renewable contract.
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Request for Expression of Interest
EOI for PFMR Promotion and Stakeholder Education and Awareness Raising Campaign
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PFMR Annual Report for 2008/09
The report reveals a picture of Components that made commendable strides in the implementation of their activities hence realizing significant results.
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