THE government has launched an online portal to track-down implementation of election manifesto and promises made by senior leaders with the view of improving service delivery and speeding-up economic growth.
Launching the portal, a brainchild of
the office of the Prime Minister and egovernment agency (eGA), Minister
in the Office responsible for Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour,
Employment, Youth and the Disabled, Ms Jenista Mhagama said the site has
simplified monitoring of government activities.
“It will allow senior leaders, the
President, his Vice and the Prime Minister, to access actual information
on the current state of implementing various projects promised by the
State,” she said.
It will help improve monitoring and
evaluating speed at which certain projects are implemented and take
action. However, experts said the system can also reduce challenges with
regard to access to information notably data on timeliness.
The system is being launched just one
day after the government announced that at least all its regional and
local government authorities were digitalised.
Dr Hamis Mwinyimvua, Permanent Secretary
in the Ministry charged with policy and coordination detailed that the
portal now includes all 690 election manifesto targets and 376 promises
issued by the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi presidential candidate and
President John Magufuli.
According to him, the system shows
exactly the level of each single promise made by the government
indicating whether it is closed, in progress, on alert or need action
due to delays in its implementation. “It is an integrated system
involving ministries and sectors.
The president or a minister can access
the system and examine the number of projects required to be implemented
at a given period of time.” He noted. Apparently, he said the PMO
trained at least two focal point persons in each ministry to feed the
system on a daily basis.
“The officials will be responsible for updating the system on arising promises by the Head of State or senior leader,” he added.
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