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TABLE 14.1
SWG
Sector Working Groups
Member institutions
Agriculture and Rural
Development
Physical Infrastructure
Health
Education
General Economic Services
Public Administration
Public Safety, Law, and
Order
National Security
Communication and
Technology
Agriculture and Rural Development, Environment and
Natural Resources, Lands and Settlement
Roads and Public Works, Energy, Transport and
Communication, Environment and Natural Resources,
Local Government
Health
Education
Trade and Industry, Office of the President, Labor and
Human Resource Development, Environment and
Natural Resources
Office of the President, Finance, Planning and National
Development, Directorate of Personnel Management,
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Public
Service Commission, Office of the Controller and Auditor
General, National Assembly
Judicial Department, Office of the Attorney General,
Office of the President, State House, Office of the Vice
President, Ministry of Home Affairs, Heritage, Sports
Defense, National Security Intelligence Service
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and National
Development, Tourism, Information
Source: Republic of Kenya 2003a.
Identify outputs and outcomes given the level of resources allocated to
the sector.
Identify performance indicators and targets and modalities to monitor them.
Identify key cross-sectoral issues and priorities and the activities in each
of the component ministries’ budgets that support the achievement
of priorities.
List and justify all the projects proposed for inclusion in the sector
investment program.
Coordinate a process to produce a sectorwide plan and produce a
sector report.
The SWGs are most active in budget preparation, but they are also
responsible for monitoring budget implementation and undertaking a
midterm review for each sector.
SWGs operated within indicative ceilings issued by the government (on
recommendation of the MEWG) in the BOPA. For the first few years of the