ACTING Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Oliver Kalabo has urged senior public service officials to treat Cabinet responsibilities as their foremost obligation. Dr Kalabo says monitoring of projects and programmes is the role and responsibility of technical officers at lower levels and not for Permanent Secretaries. He says chasing after site visits is not a priority for PSs. In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy Secretary to Cabinet for Finance and Economic Development Siazongo Siakalenge, at the official opening of the Fifth Senior Management Meeting of 2025, Dr Kalabo said failure to respect performance management systems and proper delegation of duties may undermine efficiency in service delivery. “Government has urged senior public service officials to treat Cabinet responsibilities...
