Lamu Governor H.E., Issa Timamy EGH, OGW, has called for prudent utilization of resources by County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and the Chief Officers (COs), for improved efficiency in service delivery.

Governor Timamy has further asked the County Government Departmental heads to dedicate their work to improving performance in their departments and embrace with transparency and accountability to help the county increase it’s revenue from Sh. 155M to Sh. 350M during this financial year.

The Governor made the remarks while attending a three day Lamu County Performance Review Programme for the 2022/2023 Financial year and in preparedness for the implementation of the 2023/2024 financial year budget that was held in Mpeketoni, Bahari Ward, County.

During the retreat, Executive Committee Members, Chief Officers and Directors put forward clear targets and SMART performance indicators in line with the budget for the FY 2023/24.

“This Performance and Review Programme on our achievements in the last financial year and what we purpose to achieve during the next financial year, is key in generating a culture of result-oriented management within my administration and in the delivery of services to our people” said Governor Timamy.

During this FY 2023/2024 County Government of Lamu seeks to double it’s revenue from Sh. 155M to Sh.350M and this will be achieved through sealing poor systems and leakages, introduction of a digitised revenue collection system and cascading the county’s resolve to seal all the loopholes that interfere with the optimal use of the revenue generated.

The three day retreat was attended by Deputy Governor H.E., Raphael Munyua, County Secretary Amb. Ali Abbas, CEC Members, Chief of Staff Mr. Abdulnasir Issa, Chief Officers and Directors.

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