Mr Shamuhuna said this in Dar es Salaam yesterday during the launch of the African Public Service Day celebrations scheduled to reach its climax next Tuesday.
The minister, who was the chief guest, received various processions before he toured some of the pavilions at Mnazi Mmoja grounds. The event was also coloured by Tamasha band from Kenya and the local B Band. In order to meet the challenges the world is facing today, we need a strong collaboration between the African nations in service delivery.
This should also involve to a large extent the non-governmental organisations, he said. Mr Shamuhuna said that African leaders were now taking appropriate measures to tackle the economic downturn but emphasised that not much would be achieved without strong public support.
He noted that technological advances should be seen as an important tool to foster closer African ties and to speed up public service delivery. The minister commended this years theme which is Fostering partnership and collaboration for sustainable development and improved service delivery in Africa saying that it was indeed the way towards bringing development in the continent.
Members of the public who are the taxpayers need to be involved in all the activities for them to see how their money works in bringing about development. Therefore we should incorporate them in whatever we do, he said. Mr Shamuhuna further added that the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 was on the horizon calling for seriousness in public service delivery.
He noted that public service delivery in Africa should avoid biasness of any sort and always focus on delivering quality service that will meet peoples expectations. Earlier, the Minister of State, President’s Office (Public Service Management), Ms Hawa Ghasia, said that 12 African countries were taking part in the celebrations. She noted that the celebrations were to be marked by various activities including, a one week display of services that participating countries offer to their people and a two-day conference of African ministers responsible for the public
service.
About 200 Tanzanian institutions comprising of ministries, independent departments, agencies and parastatals are participating. We wish to thank participating institutions from within and outside the country for investing their time to display their services, she said. The high profile guest on attendance included, Chairperson of the 6th Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Public Service, Mr Dalmas Anyango and Africa Union (AU) Commissioner of Political Affairs, Ms Julia Joiner, among others.
Daily News
Post published in: Zimbabwe News