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Roundup: Security remains best among Rwanda's governance indicators: report

Xinhua, February 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

Safety and security in Rwanda has maintained the lead over all indicators in the last six years with a score of 92.62 percent, according to fourth edition of the Rwanda Governance Score card.

The governance survey 2016 released on Tuesday by the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) is a national index that assesses governance in the country. Its publication is designed to measure and evaluate state of governance in the country and offer recommendations going forward.

According to the score card, Quality of Service Delivery was found to be the worst performing indicator with a score of 72.93 percent while Rule of Law was the best improved indicator scoring 79.68 percent.

The eight indicators include Rule of Law, Political Rights and Civil liberties, Participation and Inclusiveness, Safety and Security, Economic and Corporate governance and Control of Corruption, Transparency and Accountability.

Speaking at the event held at the Kigali Convention Centre, Professor Anastase Shyaka, CEO of RGB said that the survey is a comprehensive governance assessment tool to identify areas for improvement and drive policy reforms.

"By using universally recognized indicators of governance and credibly selected source of data, the scorecard has emerged to be an evidence based tool of governance that drives policy and social reforms in Rwanda through identifying challenges and providing actionable recommendations," he noted.

RGB says that the governance indicators have been developed and consolidated on three tier setting: International framework, international indexes and Rwanda specific indicators.

Some international indexes consulted in developing and consolidating Rwanda Governance Score card indicators include World Wide governance indicators, Global integrity index and Mo Ibrahim governance index.

Officiating at the launch of the governance score card, Anastase Murekezi, Rwanda Prime Minister said that Rwanda government was very much committed to improving safety and security of the people.

"These findings help us to understand Rwanda 2016 state of governance and what we need to do to achieve more good results. Rwanda Governance Score card has become a governance mirror that scientifically describes our governance performance," he stated.

Murekezi called on RGB to double its efforts in ensuring that service in social and economic sectors is improved, saying that government would not tolerate the culture of poor service delivery.

"Rwanda Governance Score card has through rigorous research and empirical analysis, established a proven track record in advancing good governance in Rwanda. As development partners it's our duty to make sure that this progress made by Rwanda continues," said Lamin Manneh, UN Resident Coordinator Rwanda.

The first Rwanda Governance Scorecard was released in 2010, followed by a second in 2012. A unique and significant aspect of the scorecard is that it utilizes a wide range of new, locally generated data sources, such as citizen perception and satisfaction surveys and detailed institutional data, which are often not considered by external indexes. Enditem