Governor Malombe hails performance contracting, says its key to efficiency

Kitui Governor Julius Malombe and his deputy Augustine Kanani on Tuesday during the signing of the performance contracts for CECs /Musembi Nzengu

Kitui Governor Julius Malombe and health and sanitation executive Ruth Koki on Tuesday during the signing of the performance contracts for CECs /Musembi Nzengu

Kitui Governor Julius Malombe has hailed performance contracting as the magic wand that has catalysed the implementation of 1,921 infrastructural projects by his administration in under three years.

He said the success of the projects his administration had managed to implement across Kitui county was pegged to the adherence to performance contract terms.

Malombe said performance contracting is a tool that nudges officers undertake their work efficiently.

“Performance contracting has enabled my government implement 1,921 infrastructure development projects and programmes in all the 40 wards and 247 villages since August 2022 when my administration assumed office,” he said.

Malombe said when he took office in August 2022, a bold and deliberate step was taken to embrace performance contracting as a key pillar of governance and service delivery in Kitui county.

“This decision was driven by our shared desire to build a result-oriented culture where accountability, transparency and citizen-focused service delivery determine how we govern,” he said. 

The governor said performance contracting has played a great role in transforming input to output and ensuring proper utilisation of public resources.

“Our commitment to this approach has yielded measurable results across all the 16 priority sectors that include agriculture, water, health, education, urban development, roads and construction,” Malombe said.

He spoke last Tuesday in his office during the fourth cycle of the signing of performance contracts for the year 2025-26 between the Kitui government and the members of the county executive committee.

“We have delivered in all sectors. It is only the naysayers and the misguided characters whether they are in politics or whether they are in the blogosphere or wherever they are, who will spin things in a negative way,” he said.

The first to sign the performance contract was Deputy Governor Augustine Kanani, who heads the tourism, performance contracting and disaster management docket.

Malombe said the outright implication was that whatever gets measured would ultimately get done.

“As a result, and because what gets measured gets done, we have delivered to the people of Kitui 1,921 infrastructural projects, which have been implemented in this county,” he said.

Malombe told the county government workers that since they had been trusted with leadership, responsibility and resources, by delivering development to the people of Kitui, they were accomplishing a noble obligation.

“My appeal is that let us continue like that,” he said.