GEARING UP FOR CULTURE CHANGE

The Authority has embarked on an ambitious strategic organisational culture change journey to streamline and strengthen critical processes to effectively deliver on KEMSA’s mission of availing quality and affordable Health Products and Technologies to save and transform lives.

This process coupled with review of its Human Resource Instruments is informed by a detailed workload analysis that seeks to identify the optimal staffing for KEMSA to improve its supply chain function.

“Our HR instruments journey is at infancy stage, its success is anchored on the concerted efforts of the management and its partners, to develop a structure that will transform KEMSA into a centre of excellence,” explained Dr. Waqo Ejersa, CEO, KEMSA.

The CEO observed that the new structure is coined to improve healthcare supply chain delivery by making it leaner and more agile to efficiently and consistently respond to customers’ needs.

Culture Implementation Teams have been formed to steer the organizational wide transformation processes that will align the Authority’s internal culture with its vision and core values to win public trust and restore strategic partners confidence.

Dr. Waqo said the culture change exercise will create an environment where staff feel valued, boost morale, which will in turn contribute to better work co-ordination and enhance performance.