13 Apr 2025

The Minister for State President, Mr Moeti Mohwasa has called for  continuous promotion of inclusive growth to enhance the quality of lives of citizens. 

He said this during a three-day annual retreat for senior officials of his ministry in Selebi Phikwe recently. 

Mr Mohwasa said  some of the priorities essential for  inclusive growth included job creation, clean water supply and corruption free entities among others.

He said the Ministry for State President was entrusted with different portfolio responsibilities, and the ministerial performance should embody the dreams and aspirations of citizens. As such  Mr Mohwasa called for renewed strategies and change of perceptions to eliminate bureaucracies that could hinder the success of the ministry’s vision.

“It is imperative that we reflect on our portfolio responsibilities and performance. We ought to embrace and take into consideration the promises and commitments made by the government. The commitments must form part of the Ministry’s 2025/26 Performance Plan and consequently part of strategic Key Performance Indicators (KPI),,” he said.

Mr Mohwasa said some of the KPI included service delivery reforms for improved productivity including digitalisation and reviewed service standards and anti-corruption strategies initiatives, improved agility of government communication that created effective regulatory frame works and develop government communication policy.

He said the Transitional National Development Plan (TNDP12) had been extended to October to align it with government promises in order for the plan to reflect the commitment and aspirations of Batswana.

The minister reminded senior officials about teamwork, emphasising that it was key towards achieving transformation, accountability and in the process enable the ministry to timely respond to government policy reforms, deliver and support mandated services.

He further shared the government’s commitment to reforming State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) and independent departments such as Independent Electoral Commission, and Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime. He said such would reduce fiscal risk to the government, improve overall economic efficiency and grant autonomy to some of the departments. ENDS