Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale has reminded the Ministry’s parastatal heads to ensure that their agencies operate within the confines of established laws and regulations at all times.

Speaking during a meeting with parastatal heads in the State Department for Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Duale singled out Public Finance Management Act and Public Procurement and Disposal Act as well as Auditor General reports as key laws and regulations that must be adhered to at all times.

“Be diligent to the law. It is the law that will guarantee your success as an institution and protect you from trouble,” Hon. Duale told the officials that included Mamo Mamo (NEMA), Prof Julius Tanui (KWTA), Samson Toniok (NetFund), Mary Njogu (NECC) and Bellinda Akello (NET).

While cautioning the officials against issuing misleading advisories to his office, Hon. Duale encouraged the CEOs to ensure timely delivery of   programmes, projects and interventions.

The meeting, also attended by Environment and Climate Change PS Dr. Eng. Festus Ng’eno, was convened to asses the progress of various projects being implemented by the agencies.

Further, CS Duale used the meeting guide on the alignment of the programme’s with the Government’s climate action and development priorities as outlined in the Kenya Kwanza administration’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

The State Department’s Secretary for Administration Mr. John Elungata was also in the meeting held at the Ministry’s NHIF Building headquarters in Nairobi County.