Ministry of Public Service, Lesotho

Vision Statement
By 2025, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies are adequately resourced and manned with highly capable, competent, dependable and motivated public officers that effectively and efficiently deliver services of high quality to the nation.

Mission Statement
To provide public service legislative instruments, policies, structures and systems that facilitate efficient and effective civil service performance and increased productivity towards attainment of national development goals.

Core Values
Commitment to duty
Customer needs oriented services
Professionalism
Team spirit
Quality service
Staff wellness
Zero tolerance to Corruption
Transparency
Results based performance
 

Historical Background
The Ministry of the Public Service was formerly known as Cabinet Personnel under the office of the Prime Minister. It was responsible for the management of Personnel in the Civil Service. It was granted Ministerial status in the 1985/86 financial year as the executive arm of the Minister responsible for the Administration of the personnel functions in the Public Service. It was granted full Ministerial autonomy in 1999/2000. In 2007, it became a full-fledged Ministry when it was assigned a Minister.

The Mandate Of the Ministry
Ministry of the Public Service is responsible for provision of quality and effective human resources
Management services to the Government Ministries and Agencies. It is also charged with overseeing the
Performance of the line Ministries and their compliance to the laws and regulations governing the Public
Service. In the past years, the Ministry’s preoccupation has been on the preparation and creation of a conducive environment for an efficient and effective performance of the Public Service through development of legal frameworks, policies and systems. Presently the focus is mainly on improving Public Service delivery, improving individuals and Ministerial capacity and development.

Three Plus One Service Delivery Initiative
During the five year term of the Parliament of Lesotho, the focus of the Ministry will be on the transformation of the Public Service into a better and more effective machinery which is able to turn into reality the Government Policy of “Ha ho tatoe”. This will be achieved through what has been termed the “3 plus 1 Service Delivery Improvement Initiative”, where the Ministry will be focusing on