The Cabinet is set to convene the Annual Retreat of the National Executive early next week.
This was revealed in a cabinet dispatch on Wednesday following a cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi.
Following the success of the 2023 edition, this retreat will serve as a crucial platform for a comprehensive review of the performance of all Ministries and State Offices, shaping the priorities for the upcoming year.
The retreat holds significant importance as it lays the groundwork for the formulation of Ministerial Performance Contracts, which will guide the government's agenda and initiatives throughout the year 2024.
"The retreat is expected to review the performance of all Ministries and State Offices," reads the dispatch.
In addition to that, the retreat aims to map-out the priorities for the year 2024 that will be codified in the ministerial Performance Contracts
Next week's meeting will be the third for the Ruto administration.
On November 16, 2023, Ruto and his Cabinet held a two-day retreat in Nairobi to assess the progress of his administration in the first year in office
Cabinet members, principal secretaries, and advisers were all in attendance and each ministry outlined its hits and misses for the year.
The event which was dubbed the ‘National Executive Pitstop retreat,’ provided a chance for the cabinet to reflect on the achievements and challenges of the Kenya Kwanza government.
The first kind of such meeting took place in January in Nanyuki.
The retreat comes at a time when there are cries by Kenyans over the skyrocketing cost of living.
Like in previous such meetings, the Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries are expected to highlight their achievements and failures and elaborate on how they can improve to deliver on the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.
On August 1, Ruto expressed concern about several Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries seemingly unaware of developments within their ministries.
Speaking during the signing of performance contracts by CSs, PSs and Parastatal Heads, the President raised questions about their level of competence in running their dockets.
“I have found that many of you don’t know anything that is happening in your ministry through our interactions. I call many PS and ask them what is happening and yet they are not aware of what is happening, how do you run a ministry without information? That is the highest level of incompetence,” he said.
