Background Information

Office Equipment was a service department under the Ministry of Works and Supply mandated to provide technical and professional advice to government ministries on the type of office equipment to be procured.  The department was also required to enhance standardization and carry out service and repair works on all office equipment as well as maintaining inventory of all government office equipment. The department had a total work force of Eighty-Three (83No.), of which Forty-Three (43No.) were Technical staff, Seventeen (17No.) support staff and Twenty-Three (23No.) non-civil servants. 

The department was divided into two regions namely Southern Region and Northern Region and had offices in all Provincial centres around the country.

Overall Objectives

The following are the department’s objectives: -

·         Effectively managing government property to ensure accountability, serviceability and prolonged life   span.

·         Maintain an inventory of all government equipment and manage the disposal of government office equipment.

·    To give technical advice to client departments on the type of equipment to procure in order to promote standardization and easy serviceability.