Mixed bag for ministries, State firms in scorecard

Other areas vetted were dividends to the National Treasury, return on investment, project completion rate, implementation of presidential directives, access to government procurement opportunities, youth internships and corruption prevention.

The report showed that the ministries that also include Office of Attorney General and Department of Justice improved from 64.55 per cent to 99.47 per cent. State House and the Ministry of Energy had a marginal improvement of 0.3086 and 0.0069 per cent, respectively.

In the period, five ministries are said to have performed dismally compared to the previous financial year. They are the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife at 2.1339, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives at 2.1390 while that of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs scored 2.1721.

Also in the lower cadre are ministries of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works at 2.1903 while that of Sports, Culture and Heritage is at 2.2693. Tourism and Wildlife was rated among the best in the previous year before it slid down by 0.3477.

Marginal gain

Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives and that of Sports, Culture and Heritage have remained at the bottom five in the last two consecutive financial years. However, even with dwindling performance, Agriculture posted a marginal improvement of 0.0112 while that of Sports had a margin decline of 0.3477.

Four public universities were among the top 10 performing corporations. This was attributed to strong management structures. The are University of Embu, Tharaka University, University of Nairobi, South Eastern Kenya University and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.

Other parastatals that posted positive results include National Irrigation Authority, Kenyatta University and Teaching and Referral Hospital, Water Resources Authority and Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency.

However, another five State corporations posted dismal performance. They are Chemelil Sugar, Nzoia Sugar, Bandari Maritime Academy, South Nyanza Sugar Company Limited and University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services Limited. This was attributed to low operating volumes in sugar cane milling plants. Other factors were non-approval of capital expenditure by the National Treasury due to pending leasing of State-owned public sugar companies as well as cane poaching by competitors.

The report also revealed that National Oil Corporation of Kenya has continued to report dismal performance in the last two years. Tertiary institutions that have continued to show an improvement include Karumo Technical Training Institute, Katine Technical Training Institute, Sigalagala National Polytechnic and Kenya Technical Trainers College and Michuki Technical Training Institute.

Others are Bureti Technical and Vocational College, Mukurwe-ini Technical Training Institute, and Sikri Technical and Vocational College for the Blind and Deaf. Karumo and Katine Technical Training Institutes, Kenya Technical Trainers College and Michuki Technical Training Institute have performed well in the last two financial years.

Laikipia North and also Laikipia East, Kipsinende, Tinderet, Mumias West, Butere, Kaloleni, Borabu and Baringo South Technical and Vocational Colleges were rated at the bottom of the chart.

Butere and Borabu Technical and Vocational colleges have trailed the group for the two consecutive periods.

As Butere declined with 0.0839, Borabu made improveed by 0.0743. Out of 236 State corporations whose performance was evaluated, 18 had excellent performance, 102 rated very good while 97 had good performance.