31 March, 2011 CIRCULAR STANDING INSTRUCTION NO.1 OF ...

Each Ministry/Department/Local Government shall have a Rewards and
Sanctions Committee, constituted by the Responsible Officer to:
a) Develop guidelines for scoring and ranking Teams against
performance indicators applied in the performance plans/agreements.
b) Consider submissions from the respective Heads of Departments who
deserve recognition for exemplary performance or for sanctioning;
c) Based on the guidelines and submissions from the Heads of
Department, review the performance of the team and identify best and
worst performing teams.
d) Submit to the Responsible Officer nominees for consideration for
annual rewards and recognition by, the respective Minister/Chairperson
/Mayor.
e) Prepare and publish an annual performance scoring and ranking of all
teams.
3.1 Composition of the Committee
The Responsible Officer will appoint a person of high integrity as the
Chairperson of the Committee, composed of the following:
a) Chairperson
b) Two retired Public Servants
c) One Civil Society representative
d) One Academia
e) Head of Human Resource (Secretariat)
3.2 Roles and Functions of the Committee
The Committee shall be responsible for:-
a) Receiving, assessing and reviewing nominations for rewarding and
sanctioning nominees.
b) Recommend appropriate rewards and sanctions that will be awarded.
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