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Commissioner for Public Service Inspection, Uganda Ministry of Public Service

Focus: Civil Service

Topics: Payroll/Pay Delivery, Performance Management System, Downsizing

Keywords: training, performance management, pay reform, job descriptions, downsizing, capacity building

Interviewer(s): Andrew Schalkwyk

Country of Reform: Uganda

Location: Public Service Ministry, Kampala, Uganda

Date: Thu Dec 4 2008

Abstract

Mary Theopista Wenene discusses the process of public service reform in Uganda, beginning with the key challenges the country faced before the reforms began and a basic outline of the programs implemented to address them. She outlines how the Ministry of Public Service implemented a results-oriented management system across the public service and the importance of the system in emphasizing accountability and performance evaluations. She also touches on the implementation of an integrated payroll and personnel management system. Wenene briefly discusses outreach to the public to gauge the success of reforms and service delivery. Finally she explains how the public service was working to reduce excess and overlapping jobs by downsizing through a voluntary retirement system.

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At the time of this interview, Mary Theopista Wenene was the commissioner for public service inspection at the Ministry of Public Service in Uganda. She previously served as the assistant commissioner for administrative reform within the Ministry of Public Service.

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