National Government Administration Officials (NGAO) in the Kangema Constituency have received essential office equipment, which will be a major boost to enhance efficiency in service delivery.
The 16 offices that included the chief’s offices in all 10 locations, the Assistant County Commissioners offices, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Office(DCIO) and the probation offices received computers, printers, desks, chairs and cabinets.
Speaking when delivering the office equipment, the area Member of Parliament, Peter Kihungi, noted that the move to equip the offices was meant to empower local offices and enhance service delivery throughout the constituency.
“As a country, we are digitising all our systems, and it is paramount for the link between the public and the government to be digitised as well for timely service delivery,” he said.
“Even when the chiefs want to pass information to the public, they will be able to print and hang it on the notice boards for the people to read when they come to seek services,” he added.
Further, Kihungi observed that the constituency will collaborate with the Michuki National Polytechnic to offer basic ICT skills to the chiefs to harness their knowledge.
The MP committed to liaising with the Ministry of Information, communication and Technology to ensure they provide internet connectivity to these offices to further offer timely support to the community.
The Assistant County Commissioner for the Iyego Division, Allan Oruko, lauding the initiative, observed that the NGAO officers will now be able to deliver services efficiently and make documentation effortless.
“We have moved away from the traditional way of doing things to a digitised medium and because NGAOs are the link between the government and the public, the computers will help us to enhance our service delivery,” he said, adding that “chiefs used to go to the cyber but now they will be able to work from the offices, which will not only help keep the data and information safe but also make their work easier and more efficient.”
Florence Nyambura, a representative of people living with disabilities (PWDs), observed that taking data and documenting it for people living with disabilities has been difficult but now it will be easy.
“We will also be able to liaise with the chiefs and have our members easily registered for government services like the Social Health Insurance,” she said.
By Florence Kinyua
