BY
ADOW JUBAT
Pic: County Executive Committee (CEC) member in charge of gender, Children
and culture Halima Mohamed Haji (with the hand bag) poses photo with members of civil societies in Garissa County yesterday.
Civil societies working in Garissa County has on
Monday set aside their common rivalry over donors funding and launched umbrella
body that will see them synchronize their efforts, resource and oversight role
over the local County government.
The non-governmental organisation said they were
consolidating their efforts and resources to ensure that their efforts to
oversee the implemented of devolution is taking shape as provided in the
constitution so as to benefit the common people.
Speaking at the function that brought about 42 civic society groups together at a Garissa hotel, the newly appointed chairman of the joint civil groups known as Garissa Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Mohamed Khalif said organisations needed to work together as a team in order to keep the County government on its toes and delivery devolved services to the people as required.
Speaking at the function that brought about 42 civic society groups together at a Garissa hotel, the newly appointed chairman of the joint civil groups known as Garissa Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Mohamed Khalif said organisations needed to work together as a team in order to keep the County government on its toes and delivery devolved services to the people as required.
He said fragmentation of NGOs in the past have made
their impacts not felt in the County and North-Eastern as whole despite many of
them undertaking several activities with huge donors support adding that they have
now resolved to work together under one umbrella where their impact in
improving peoples’ well-being can be adequately felt in a short time.
He said County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), which was formulated by the County administration will be the key yardstick they will be using when engaging the County administration for accountable to the residents of Garissa.
He said County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), which was formulated by the County administration will be the key yardstick they will be using when engaging the County administration for accountable to the residents of Garissa.
“We want the CIDP to be used as the roadmap for the
projects planning, implementation and funding. We don’t want a situation where
leaders develop a glossy development plans, then dump them and embark on doing
things at their own political, clan or personal whims or interests” he said.
He added “Since the county integrated development
plan (CIDP) is a legal document born out of the of County government Act 2012
and has the contribution of the wider interests of the residents we will fight
to see it’s fully adherence during project planning and implementations”,
Khalif said under the umbrella, the civil societies will
now work as one body which will coordinate their work as a team and network between
themselves so in extension partner with the county government to realize their
core mandate of ensure services are delivered to the people as required by law.
He said the Civil Societies in the county will form committees which will pursue specific agenda such as education, health, Water women issues, child right among others, which are of great interest and importance to the residents of the Garissa County.
He said the Civil Societies in the county will form committees which will pursue specific agenda such as education, health, Water women issues, child right among others, which are of great interest and importance to the residents of the Garissa County.
The civil society chairman emphasized that the
specific committees will also be formed to engage the relevant organs in the
County and National governments adding that they will seek dialogue to engage
the authority and implore way to support them than the tradition way of using
confrontations.
The County Executive Committee member for gender, Children and culture Halima Mohamed Haji who represented the county government said civil societies are critical in any developing society and she pledge for a better working relationship with the local and international NGOs working in the County.
She said civil societies beside their oversight role over the governments they have always supplemented financial and technical support where the county government lacked them.
“You have been n integral part of our society since you have always shown willingness to help our people in different capacities and we as government appreciate your efforts as partners in development. I assure you of our cordial working relation,” she
said.
The County Executive Committee member for gender, Children and culture Halima Mohamed Haji who represented the county government said civil societies are critical in any developing society and she pledge for a better working relationship with the local and international NGOs working in the County.
She said civil societies beside their oversight role over the governments they have always supplemented financial and technical support where the county government lacked them.
“You have been n integral part of our society since you have always shown willingness to help our people in different capacities and we as government appreciate your efforts as partners in development. I assure you of our cordial working relation,” she
said.
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