Executive Secretary
Rwanda's Public Service Commission
Focus Area(s)
Civil Service
Critical Tasks
Civil service recruitment
Depoliticization
Downsizing
Interviewers
David Hausman
Country of Reform
Rwanda
Town/City
Kigali
Place (Building/Street)
Public Service Commission
Country
Rwanda
Date of Interview
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Abstract
Angelina Muganza, executive secretary of Rwanda’s Public Service Commission, describes the practical challenges of setting up a new civil service commission. Rwanda’s commission was established in 2007, and Muganza led the process of staffing the commission, communicating its role to government agencies, and assuring its independence. The commission took over the supervision of civil service from Rwanda’s Ministry of Public Service and Labor (MIFOTRA), but whereas MIFOTRA had only supervised the recruitment process, the Public Service Commission standardized and centralized the process.
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Full Interview
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Angelina Muganza Interview
Profile
At the time of this interview, Angelina Muganza was executive secretary of Rwanda’s Public Service Commission. She was previously responsible for labor relations at the Ministry of Public Service and Labor (MIFOTRA), and she led that Ministry’s negotiations with public service unions before and during the large-scale public service retrenchment that took place in 2006. Before her time at MIFOTRA, Muganza worked at the Ministry for Women and Gender Development to encourage women’s political participation and change inheritance laws that favored male heirs.
Keywords
recruitment
depoliticization
Rwanda
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