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By SIBONGILE SUKATI | 2024-11-08
THE Parliamentary Service Board (PSB) has engaged the services of 13 new employees to fill various positions in Parliament.
According to the Parliament performance report for the second quarter performance for the financial year 2024/2025, the new employees were hired following the mandatory retirement of officers in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2021/2022.
The report was tabled by the Minister responsible for parliamentary affairs, Prime Minister Russel Mmiso Dlamini.
The report further states that the PSB further promoted two officers to position of Hansard editor and senior Hansard transcriber.
The PM further stated that induction programmes were still ongoing.
It was revealed that Parliament was currently in the process of developing and implementing a succession plan and talent management.
In its quest to ensure that Parliament staff continues to grow, three officers were granted financial assistance from the ministry of public service, training department to pursue, a
Master’s programme and two Bachelor’s Degrees.
“We had four officers self-sponsored pursuing Bachelor’s degree and two LLB Degree and
two Human Resources Degree. One LLB Degree officer has successfully completed the
programme,” reads the report.
The department further reported that three officers were nominated to pursue a Diploma programme with IDM and had been successfully enrolled through the ministry of public service.
Parliament reported that training and development was an important component of the human resource management and was part of the overall strategy to promote a culture of excellence in the Parliamentary Service.
“It is critical for institutional development and upgrading of employees’ skills by ensuring an effective training and learning culture is adopted and that human resource development at all levels is fostered within a consistent and coherent framework,” reads the report.
The staff members of the parliamentary service were reportedly equipped with the essential knowledge and skills in order not only to promote better work culture but also to help them develop the right attitudes and mindset.
Meanwhile, the PSB met to deliberate on developing a range of internal human resource policies for staff and prioritised amending the Parliamentary Service Act to give Parliament and the Parliamentary Service Board more operational autonomy and financial independence.
This was at the back-drop of limitation of operations due to lack of the much-needed legislation for Eswatini’s Legislature to establish its own fully autonomous structures, delineating Parliament from the Executive, and further enhancing the separation of powers.
The report states that Parliament restructuring process was now complete and the draft report had been presented to the Parliamentary Service Board.
“The report includes a clear and comprehensive implementation plan including possible risks and mitigation strategies thereof,” the report states.
On a different note, the construction of the new Parliament Building Project was reported to be still underway and the implementing ministry of economic planning and development meets with relevant Parliament structures to give updates on progress and the made thus far.
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