The State Department for Parliamentary Affairs (SDPA) has reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing service delivery and institutional performance through a productivity improvement workshop held in collaboration with the National Productivity and Competitiveness Centre (NPCC).

The workshop focused on validating the nine productivity metrics for FY 2025/2026 and computing the Department's provisional Productivity Index, based on the Objective Matrix (OMAX) methodology. The exercise revealed a notable improvement, with the Index rising from 2.832 in FY 2024/2025 to 3.058 in FY 2025/2026, placing the Department in the very high productivity category. The growth was driven by improvements in the advisory rate, Government Legislative Agenda (GLA) implementation rate, response to parliamentary questions by MDAs, and technology adoption.

Closing the workshop, Director Administration Edwin Chabari noted that productivity is constitutionally anchored, citing Article 230(5)(c), which mandates the Salaries and Remuneration Commission to recognise productivity in determining public sector compensation, and Article 232(1)(b), which lists efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability as core principles of public service. To operationalize these mandates, the Cabinet has directed all public institutions to mainstream productivity management, with the weighting of productivity indicators in performance assessment set to rise progressively from 3 percent to at least 50 percent by June 2028.

In line with the 22nd Cycle of the Performance Contracting Guidelines, the SDPA prioritized productivity improvement as a key activity, undertaking a collaborative data validation exercise supported by verifiable evidence. Recommendations from the workshop included aligning metrics with the Productivity Guidelines issued by the Head of Public Service on 13th May 2026 and continued capacity building for staff.

The State Department remains committed to embedding productivity management across its functions in support of a more efficient, responsive, and results-oriented public service.