The Kenyan government has announced that it will introduce legislation aimed at enhancing performance in the public sector. The Public Performance Management Bill will recognise merit and sanction non-performance. This, according to the government, will improve accountability and transparency.
This is laudable. What has underpinned Africa’s failed development project is exactly what this legislation hopes to cure — a system in which hardworking and conscientious people are penalised by default or design while corrupt but well-connected individuals are rewarded.
