SDCA shines at the Public Service Day Event

The State Department for Cabinet Affairs exhibited sterling performance during the Public Service Day event that was held at the Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete, Nairobi from 22 nd -23 rd June, 2024. In its inaugural participation since its establishment in January,2023, SDCA showcased its innovations namely the Government Delivery Management Information System (GDMIS) that tracks implementation of government projects and programmes across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the Electronic Document and Records Management System (ED&RMS) that promotes a paperless government where public servants can access files electronically via e-citizen.
Principal Secretary for State Department for Public Service Amos Gathecha who was the chief guest during the event visited the SDCA stand and was impressed with the innovations and general display of the stand. He noted all the innovations from various MDAs and expressed satisfaction that an innovation hub will be created to house all innovations in the public service.
The event had build-up activities that included a symposium with various panel discussions on matters of public service and exhibitions where participants show cased their services. An award ceremony was also held where winning MDAs were feted with trophies in various categories ranging from regional recognition, innovations and brand visibility and awareness among others.
The Africa Public Service Day is an important event in the calendar of the African Union and is celebrated at two levels; nationally every year and continentally, once every two years as a strategy to boost public administration programmes, public sector performance and governance. The Day therefore provides a platform for public servants to showcase and reward innovative initiatives, achievements and positive contributions to the social economic development, as well as sustain quality service delivery for economic growth.
The Theme of this year’s APSD is “Building a Resilient Education System: The Foundation of a future Public Service to Revitalize the Economy”.