Rallying The County Public Service To Become Innovative

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Promoting innovative solutions to challenges facing citizens has been a prominent feature of the county public service. Laikipia county government believes that every em-ployee has a role in making a positive change on the citizens.
We want to retool our workforce to impact to Laikipians positively, Governor Ndiritu Muriithi said of the consistent trainings of staff recently. Spot Awards targets staff who go out of their way to provide innovative solutions in service delivery. They are awarded quarterly to outstanding individuals or teams.
The need to promote local innovations led to the formation of the Laikipia County Innovation and Enterprise Development Programme . It involves the hand-holding of about 300 local SMEs to scale up their production and their linkage to markets. The programme also seeks to promote financial literacy and patenting among the innovators.
About 200 business development officers have been tasked with handholding nascent SMEs to grow their production. They will also steer existing businesses that qualify for subsidized loans meant to cushion them from the impact of Covid-19. Laikipia continues to blaze the trail of innovation, with significant gains on equipment leasing programme. This has led to rapid improvement of rural roads.
The innovative trend was also seen when the government sponsored the training on how to make PPEs for local SMEs at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, a move that would later be instrumental in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.

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