KPI a guideline for ministers, BN reps to carry out duties effectively
KUCHING: The key performance indicators ( KPI) for ministers and BN assemblypersons introduced by former Chief Minister, the late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem, have become a guideline for all elected representatives to carry out their duties effectively.
According to Deputy State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala, the KPI are necessary to ensure that the promises made to the people during election would be fulfilled by all the elected representatives.
“The KPI introduced by the late Tok Nan (Adenan) has kept us on our toes. It also gives us the guideline on how best to deliver for the people who have voted for us,” Gerawat told The Borneo Post here yesterday.
The Mulu assemblyman stressed that the KPI had at least 17 components which had to be fulfilled and the report would be sent to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) every three months.
“Among the major things that we must fulfil is to visit our constituents. The projects that we promised them must also be fulfilled with the assistance of the civil service. This would mean that there is no more place for a ‘Lone Ranger’ in delivering what have been promised to the people at the grassroots level,” said Gerawat, who is a first-term assemblyman.
Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang pointed out that the KPI was indeed the most basic way to deliver promises to the people.
“Our main job as elected representatives is to fulfil what we have promised to the voters in our manifesto during elections. So the KPI is vital to ensure that we deliver what we have promised,” he said.
Lo, who is also chairman of Padawan Municipal Council ( MPP), pointed out that as long as an elected representative carries out his or her duties diligently, there should not be any fear that they would fail their KPI.
“It’s all about reaching out to the grassroots and to ensure that all the projects reach their target groups,” he stressed.
Murum assemblyman Kennedy Chukpai Ugon said among the 17 components of the KPIs were social and economic activities, religious activities and sports as well as tourism activities.
“The things that we do now are very transparent, we cannot lie about our KPI and the CMO has the criteria how they gauge our performance,” he said.
The KPI of the elected representatives have two components which are made up of the elected representatives’’ performance which will be monitored by the CMO, and project implementation which is under the purview of the State Secretary’s Office.
CMO also revealed that even the Chief Minister’s performance is being monitored by an officer from the State Secretary’s Office.