Online Reporter
Walter Nyamukondiwa in KADOMA
SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT Advocate Jacob Mudenda has challenged senior parliamentary officials to strengthen performance and accountability through effective implementation of the Integrated Results-Based Management (IRBM) model, as the institution moves to align its operations with national development priorities.
Adv Mudenda made the remarks today while addressing chief directors and directors of Parliament during a three-day workshop focused on operationalising the IRBM framework.
The model, adopted as a Government-wide management tool, is designed to track outcomes across the service delivery chain and is expected to play a critical role in the successful implementation of the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2).
Senior administrative staff attending the workshop are expected to sign performance contracts at its conclusion, in line with Government’s broader push to institutionalise results-based performance systems.
Adv Mudenda underscored the need for continuous staff development to enhance Parliament’s capacity to fulfil its Constitutional mandate.
“As a pre-eminent instrument of Statecraft, Parliament must set the gold standard for institutional excellence and embody it, without equivocation, in every dimension of its operations,” he said.
He noted that Parliament had already demonstrated commitment to aligning its operations with those of the Executive in order to effectively execute its oversight role.
Adv Mudenda added that the institution must adopt efficient, effective and high-quality systems to hold other arms of Government to the same standards of performance and accountability.
In remarks delivered on her behalf by director of human resources and administration Dr Tirivangani Matare, Mashonaland West Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Marian Chombo said the IRBM framework was critical to the success of national development plans.
The IRBM model, which Zimbabwe adopted in 2005, is built on five key pillars: integrated development planning; results-based budgeting; monitoring and evaluation; a results-based personnel performance system; and management information systems.
