Training

2017

7th Kara Training Workshop for County Assembly Service Boards and Members of County Assembly:

Date : 24-26 May,2017

2016

A long drawn constitutional reform process in Kenya culminated in the enactment of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Among the key pillars of the Constitution is chapter eleven on devolved government. As the devolved system of governance takes shape, it is emerging that there are capacity gaps that must be addressed if the full impact of devolution is to be realized. Leaders and officers at the County level need to be equipped with skills and information that will enable them to understand, embrace and effectively implement development and service delivery plans for their respective Counties.

To contribute to the efforts of addressing the capacity gaps at the Counties, Kara in collaboration with the Decentralization and Governance Non State Actors Network (DEGONSA) has rolled out a training programme targeting County leaders and officers both in the legislative and executive arm of the County Government.

The interactive trainings which run for a period of 3-4 days are conducted by high caliber experts competent to handle the focus area of training. The trainings also promote cross-county learning by allowing participants to share real life experiences from their respective counties and learn from each other.

The following are some of the training areas that have been covered:

NATIONAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNANCE AND THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF PUBIC SERVICE IN THE COUNTIES

 

TOPIC

SUB-TOPIC

TARGET

1

Legislations on Values and Principles of Public Service:

 
  • Overview of Sessional Paper No.1 of 2012 on National Values and Principles of Governance; Constitutional provisions and statutory compliance
  • Implications of the legislative provisions to the County public service management
  • Contextualizing the values and principles of governance and public service to the County Government human resources management

Members of the County Public Service Boards and County Assembly Service Boards

2

Implementing Values and Principles of Public Service at the County Level

 
  • Approaches to integrating values and principles of governance and public service in the County human resources management.
  • Designing, budgeting and implementing programmes aimed at transforming public service staff professionalism, culture, attitudes and work ethics in line with the values and principles of governance and public service
  • Understanding value carriers, value drivers and their policy implementation role
  • Approaches to sustainable promotion of an environment supportive to the realization of values and principles of governance and public service at the County level
  • Mapping, monitoring, evaluating and reporting effectiveness of compliance to the l values and principles of governance and public service.

 

Members of the County Public Service Boards and County Assembly Service Boards

3

Resource Mobilization and Learning

 
  • Resource Mobilization to operationalize and institutionalize values and principles of governance and public service.
  • Best practices in transformation of public service staff culture, attitudes and work ethics
  • Cross-County lesson sharing on human resources management, success, challenges and plans.

 

Members of the County Public Service Boards and County Assembly Service Boards

LEGISLATIVE/OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS, COUNTY BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1

County Assemblies Legislative/Oversight Roles
  • Practical Approaches to Conducting County Assembly Legislative and Oversight Work: Enhancing Effectiveness of Key County Assembly leaders
  • County Assembly Speakers: Approaches to Building Confidence of MCAs and other County Stakeholders on the Speaker
  • Understanding and Managing Expectations of Legislation/Policy Stakeholders
  • Impeachment Motions: The Do’s and Don’ts  

 
  • Speaker of the County Assembly
  • Leader of Majority Party
  • Leader of Minority Party
  • Chairpersons of the County Assembly Committees
  • Clerk of the County Assembly

 

2

County Budgeting & Financial Management
  • County Budget Process, Roles & Responsibilities of County Assembly in Budgeting & County Financial Management
  • Best Practices in Budgeting and Public Participation
  • Priority Settings: From MCAs Welfare to County Assembly Priorities
  • Challenges and Lessons in County Financial Management - Cross-County Learning
  • Speaker of the County Assembly
  • Leader of Majority Party
  • Leader of Minority Party
  • Chairpersons of the County Assembly Committees
  • Clerk of the County Assembly

 

3

Documentation and Procedures
  • Documentation – Drafting Bills, Handling Petitions, Motions, Committee Reports, Hansards.
  • Procedures: Standing Orders and their Application

 
  • Speaker of the County Assembly
  • Leader of Majority Party
  • Leader of Minority Party
  • Chairpersons of the County Assembly Committees
  • Clerk of the County Assembly

 

DEVOLVED LEADERSHIP FOR KENYA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1

Leadership, Accountability & Intra-governmental Relations

 
  • Devolved Relations: Fostering devolved executive and legislative relations for effective service delivery - Intra-governmental relations between County Assemblies and County Executive and between County Executive departments
  • Leadership and Management: Steps to achieving transparent and accountable County service delivery process.
  • Performance Measurement: Development of framework for monitoring and evaluating County performance in promoting transparency and accountability

 
  • County Secretaries/County Executive Committee
  • Members of County Public Service Boards
  • Members of County Assembly Boards

 

2

Leadership & Integrated Human Resource Management
  • Principles of human resource strategies and management for County Assemblies and Executive
  • Practical approaches to integrating human resource planning and ethics in different departments of County Executive and County Assembly
  • The link between effective County human resource management and transparent and accountable leadership.
  • Global best practices on devolved transformational human resource management
  • Cross-county lesson sharing on experiences on leadership and human resources management

 
  • County Secretaries/County Executive Committee
  • Members of County Public Service Boards
  • Members of County Assembly Boards