Aimed at improving the health sector, the minister of health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho has set aside a prize of Rwf I million for the most innovative staff at the ministry.
The ministry of health is among the best performing government institutions.
Part of the major drive towards the success is through motivating employees whereby the best performers are given a financial reward in addition to their salary.
“The program is known as Performance Based Finance (PBF) and is beneficial to all MINISANTE staff, but only those who have scored 85% and more, are rewarded,” said Minister Agnes Binagwaho.
Dr. Binagwaho was addressing a retreat of MINISANTE staff that mainly focused on motivating staff for better delivery given that there are some lagging behind.
Janvier Mugabo a clinical officer acknowledged benefits from PBF every trimester, “You see the amount is given to a unit, and when there’s someone performing poorly it affects the whole team, meaning they might not get the PBF reward,” Mugabo commented.
He added, “getting the reward is not hard for any employee that full fills their obligation. “If someone writes their report on time, good book keeping records and punctuality they automatically benefit from BPF. I earn Rwf 250,000 and my reward goes up to Rwf 150,000”.
The minister encouraged them to be innovative especially in coming up with ideas and programs for improving the health sector. “I’ve given an innovation reward and the first prize will be Rwf 1 million and of course the rest will get something lower than that and the last prize is Rwf 250,000 which I hope would motivate them more,” she remarked.
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