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Public service revamp needed in SHP
SOUTHERN Highlands Governor Anderson
Agiru has officially resumed duty in Mendi. And it is good to
see all the MPs from the province agree to work together as a
team, which has not been the case in the past.
The inaugural meeting meant the political structure of the
provincial government is now in place and operational. It is the
public service machinery that will drive and deliver the policy
directions; therefore Agiru has to make sure the public servants
are at work and seen to be working.
It is on public record that the biggest problem in the Southern
Highlands is the defunct public service. The root cause of
rampant corruption of the public service system, abuse of
processes and procedures, financial blunder and mismanagement at
the top hierarchy of the bureaucracy basically suffocated and
killed the small public servants at the district level.
The province experienced a situation where we saw the tail was
wagging without the head, which over time, suffocated and killed
the whole public service in the province.
Governor Agiru has vowed to restore public service system and
bring back the lost pride and integrity of the public service
culture. This is a good policy statement and it is now the role
of the central agencies like Department of Personnel Management
and provincial affairs to come to the aid of the governor.
He is a politician and he cannot do it alone. Therefore, the
responsible departments have to get their acts together and come
to the rescue of the public service crisis in the Southern
Highlands.
The SHP is just too important and critical to this country. The
National Government has to address the crisis seriously and not
bring in band-aid solutions like the failed SoE.
Kali Walu
Kagua-Erave, SHP
 
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