About Us
The Secretariat for Monitoring and Evaluation (MES) has been established under the Office of the
President to coordinate, monitor and evaluate the delivery and impact of government policies,
programs and projects aimed at addressing the developmental challenges and to promote learning,
transparency and accountability for results.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat (MES) seeks to achieve its mandate through the deployment
of skilled human resources and modern technology to enhance data management, information
dissemination and feedback on government programmes and projects for national development. The MES
will also support top government leadership to communicate evidence-based, non-politicised outcomes
regularly with regard to the achievements of the transformation programme across the regions and
districts. MES is the lifeline of every successful system.
Our Mandate
The Secretariat will provide just-in-time information to enable quick decision making that cuts
through the bureaucracy and hierarchy of the government. It will instil a culture of results-based
accountability and evidence-based management for development results. The Secretariat will support
the generation, documentation and use of accurate and timely data for decision-making, including
responding to implementation challenges. The MES will also support top government leadership to
communicate evidence-based, non-politicised outcomes regularly with regard to the achievements of
the transformation programme across the regions and districts.
The Secretariat will leverage and build on the M&E arrangements established by the erstwhile M&E
Ministry. It will use the Focal Persons (Directors of PPMEDs network or their representative) and
establish similar networks across the MMDAs as key drivers of the planned M&E activities to ensure
ownership, use and sustainability of the interventions.
In addition, the Secretariat will collaborate with the Office of the Vice President, National
Development Planning Commission, the Statistical Services and other relevant agencies as appropriate
to ensure the generation and use of evidence-based information for decision making by the Economic
Management Team and Cabinet.
