The Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) is keen on entrenching professionalism in supply chain and procurement in the public sector.
KISM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kenneth Matiba said the institute has embarked on a robust process of conducting targeted compliance assessments to streamline the sector and ensure that people practicing in the field adhered to the laws and regulations.
Matiba noted that recent evaluations done by the institute revealed that many practitioners were not registered with KISM as stipulated by the Supplies Practitioners Management Act, 2007.
‘Many practitioners are not registered by the institute contrary to the provisions of the law. This exercise aims at strengthening compliance and bringing sanity to the profession,’ he said.
Speaking in Machakos during the launch of the KISM Lower Eastern Regional Chapter, the CEO called on all stakeholders, both State and non-State actors to join the unified and integrated approach to centre professionalism in the provision of
procurement and supply chain services.
‘The supply chain sector plays a very critical role in the development of the country and that is why we are calling upon all stakeholders to make professionalism the core of service delivery,’ added Matiba.
A member of the KISM Council Jennifer Cirindi said besides enhancing professionalism, the institute was also keen on decentralising its services to enhance service delivery to the members and other stakeholders.
‘Every office that governs public expenditure has been devolved to all the 47 counties and for the benefits of all Kenyans we are decentralising our services to ensure that the professionalism of procurement is felt across the country,’ said Cirindi.
She disclosed that so far, eight regional chapters had been established across the country in the last one month to complement the KISM headquarters in delivery of services.
The council member said the chapters included Northern Kenya, Coast, Lower Eastern, Northern Eastern, Mt. Kenya, Central and South Rift
, Nyanza and Western regions.
Cirindi added that some of the services to be offered at the regional level included registration of members, engagement of procurement entities and mentorship.
‘These chapters will also ensure continuous professional engagements where members can organise customer responsive programmes besides offering mentorship to young people joining the profession,’ said the council member.
Source: Kenya News Agency