Kitui Governor Julius Maombe has unveiled an annual programme to reward top performing county officers.
This is in his bid to improve service delivery by ensuring accountability, transparency and efficiency.
The pilot phase of the performance awards was held last year.
During the ceremony at the Ithookwe show ground in Kitui town, the governor’s office was announced as the best performing.
The performance appraisal was done by the national government public service performance unit team.
The assessors were led by the Principal Administrative Secretary, Joshua Mwiranga.
Department of finance, revenue management and accounting led by county executive Peter Kilonzo came second.
County executive Stephen Mbaya's agriculture and livestock department was third.
Malombe said the ranking report was a precursor to full scale implementation of performance contracting.
He said performance contracting will ensure effective and accountable service delivery.
The governor said his administration's plan to improve efficiency was in line with the constitution.
Malombe said the evaluations will help the county realise its set targets.
“All CECs, chief officers, directors and junior staff should fully embrace performance contracting as a commitment towards results without exception,” he said.
Malombe said his government is committed to meet people's expectations by providing good services.
He said he will use performance contracting to link his 16-sector development priorities to budgetary allocations for results.
