The Ministry of ICT has been ranked the worst-performing government office in the last financial year, a report shows.

The Evaluation of the Performance of Ministries, State Corporations and Tertiary Institutions report for the 2021-22 Financial Year said the Ministry of Trade and Enterprise, Transport, and Livestock ministries came in next.

The Ministry of ICT managed a composite score of 3.6636, making it the worst performer followed by Trade and Transport which tied at (3.6662), agriculture (3.6987), and Sports(3.9864).

“The performance of ministries had a marginal improvement in the financial year 2021-22 compared to that of 2020-21 since the average composite score improved from 3.3920 to 3.2594,” the report said.

The 2021-22 report represented the 18th Cycle of Performance Contracting in the Kenyan public service.

A total of 394 Ministries, Departments and Agencies were placed on performance contracting during the period, comprising State House, the Office of Deputy President, ministries and the Office of the Attorney General.

Of the total 23, two ministries were ranked as excellent, none was ranked as very good.

Sixteen were ranked as good, five (fair) and none (poor).

A team drawn from Public Service Performance Management Unit, State Department for Public Service and Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat undertook the moderation