A Penultimate on Development Politics

The County Fiscal Strategy Paper draft of 2019/2020 has seen the county prioritizing on high health levels and or standards, a national government plan under agenda four through provision of universal healthcare.  The budget  expenditure framework of the County has seen the health department being given the largest allocation. The sector is expected to spend a total expenditure of about Ksh 2.23 billion which is approximately 28% of the total fiscal funds.  The County is a health power hub with a number of major health centers. She is home to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Reale hospital, Mediheal, Eldoret Hospital among others. Since inception of devolution which led to health being a devolved function, the County has seen construction of health centres to cater for the health needs of the residents and those of the neighbouring counties.  The fact that Usain Gishu is an highland it  means that the cool and wet climate experienced brings with it adv...

 With the inception of devolved governance in Kenya under the provisions of the promulgated 2010 constitution, bureaucracy was surely going to be on the increase to cater for the duties and responsibilities provided for in the constitution. Uasin Gishu being among them, elections led to a new dawn of a system of governance of its kind and the government formed an organization.  A conception model of providing best leadership as well as discharging rules and responsibilities was needed. In this case, bureaucratic theory was the best consideration as it is in most organizations which are effective. The specific elements that are attributed to this theory have led to the County under the leadership of H.E, E.G.H Jackson Mandago to progress forward with due programmes being fully implemented.  Bureaucratic theory brings with it the principle of impersonality. This has led to those occupying the positions to make best use of the offices they occupy to ensure full implementatio...

The department of devolution, administration and public service management is a system within the County government of Uasin Gishu since it has a set of sections that are specialized though they work independently and at the same time with interconnected. An analysis of this system gives a set of tenets since the department does coordination and at the same time there is workflow within the same sections.  The department has focused to be both an open and a closed system depending on the task force in place. It becomes clearly a closed system when it fully imposes its mandate to formulate a development and management strategy of the Human Resource where it coordinates with the County Public Service Board (CPSB). On the other hand, it may work as an open system when it endeavors to implement new policies that simplify their work as far as delivering services to all is concerned.  As an organization, the department has the full features of a system which include input, processin...