Government to partner with KISM in capacity building across state departments
The Head of Public Service and Chief of Staff Felix Koskei has disclosed that the government will partner with the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) in capacity building and assistance in roles such as supply chain management amongst state officials.
Koskei concurred that the state will collaborate with KISM to enhance professionalism as it sought to ensure those certified by the institution to practice in the profession are qualified, bearing that the institution is very phenomenal and plays a strategic role in the country’s supply chain management sector.
“In every institution you look at the revenues and expenditure sides…. KISM should demonstrate transparency and instill moral values to the public and amongst its members since the role it plays is so critical as it deserves attention in issues quality, technicality, source and all that entails acquisition,” observed Koskei.
Koskei urged KISM to play its mandate of regulating, oversighting and creating public awareness across stakeholders as entrusted, by ensuring discipline demonstrated through proper ethics and regulation.
“Capacity building is a critical element in supply chain management KISM will time and time be called to assist in roles including procurement capacity building to different state departments,” Koskei confirmed.
The Chief of Staff called on the institution to re-train and offer refresher courses to its members on key areas so as to ensure efficiency.
KISM chairman John Karani on his side reiterated that the institution had welcomed the move by the government as he promised to take responsibility for its members by giving them the right to reply to alleged misconduct before applying penalties to those found to have breached the set terms.
“We are equal to the task and ready for the challenge equipped with the desired personnel in supply chain,” Karani said.
The Kenya Institute of Supplies Education Board (KISEB) representative Dan Ajele insisted that as a board, the institution is committed to ensure that the exams offered are globally acceptable.
“The products we release to the market are qualified, registered and up to the task,” stated Ajele.
