APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA iv) Police officials should be held accountable for human rights violations and the reform processes to transform and re-orient the police service to embrace a culture of respect for human rights should be expedited. (Independent Policing Authority, Police Reform Working Group) v) The Prevention of Torture Bill should be passed into law expeditiously (Parliament, Civil Society) 3.7 OBJECTIVE 5: ENHANCE ACCOUNTABLE, EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY 3.7.1 Summary of the Country Self-Assessment 159. As indicated by the CSAR, “the presence or absence of good governance practices and quality of services delivered to citizens depends a great deal on the public service”. Enhancing the service’s accountability, sufficiency, and effectiveness is, therefore, central to any serious bid for good governance. As the CSAR noted, a major highlight of developments leading to 2006 was the ruling government’s introduction in 2005 of what it called “Results for Kenyans” under its Public Sector Reform Strategy (PSRS) coordinated by the Public Sector and Development Secretariat. Among the goals of the PSRS were to: 160. • Validate and operationalize public sector values, ethics, core and managerial competencies; • Mainstream public management accountability framework across all levels of public service; • Re-establish a cohesive governance and leadership for transforming public service • Benchmark public service delivery with best practices; and • Review and strengthen organizational management systems and practices including human resource, procurement, management information systems, participatory models, as well as crosscutting issues such as HIV/AIDs, gender and environment management. This led to the introduction of a Public Sector Integrity Programme and the appointment of Integrity Assurance Officers (IAO), Corruption Prevention Committees (CPC), as well as the introduction of performance contracting in all government departments. In a context in which government cabinet was considered over-bloated, performance contracting aimed to, among others: | 100 |