December 5, 2024

NMSJ Proposals for a Small and Accountable Cabinet

A small and accountable cabinet for a lasting resolution to the #GotaGoHome struggle

As a starting point for wider conversation and adoption of a performance driven interim cabinet, we present the eleven proposals by BASL as fifteen portfolios which align with the sectoral committees in 8th Parliament.

There is indeed an increasing interest in binding a Cabinet of Ministers to performance contracts. It is common for government departments in developed countries such as USA, UK, and New Zealand to be bound by performance indicators. In emerging trend in developing countries is to give performance contracts for ministers, the political authority. Three of the better-known examples are Rwanda and South Africa, two countries which are recovering major internal strife and Zimbabwe which is trying to recover from gross mismanagement by an autocratic ruler.

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