Introduction

Planning is an important function in any organisation. It helps an organization chart a course for the achievement of its goals. The process begins with reviewing the current operations and identifying what needs to be improved to increase effectiveness and efficiency. All organizations, large and small, have limited resources. The planning process provides the information top management needs to make effective decisions on how to allocate the resources in a way that will enable the organization to attain its objectives. The directorate collaborates with other technical non-uniformed officers in spearheading the Directorate of Criminal Investigations mandate. By so doing, productivity is maximized and resources are not wasted on projects with little chance of success. 

Functions and Roles of the DCI Planning Directorate, just like all other similar offices in other ministries/commissions/agencies/departments, is tasked with coordinating, planning and policy formulation within the organization. It also gives regular reports to the state Department   for Planning on service delivery indicators for the Directorate on activities being undertaken. The directorate is specifically tasked with the following duties:

• Coordination of all planning work in the Directorate in liaison with relevant Government Ministries and Departments.
• Coordination of the preparation of Directorate’s inputs in the NPS policy documents, National Development plans, implementation matrix and other Policy documents.
• Preparation of the Directorate’s Medium Term and Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in liaison with the Finance Office.
• Preparation of the Directorate’s Public Expenditure Review (PER) in liaison with the finance Office.
• Translation of National Policy goals and programs into Directorates policies, programs and projects.
• Coordinating the preparation of the yearly and quarterly performance contract progress reports.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of all projects programs and activities targeted for implementation of the performance contract.
• Other duties assigned by the Director of Criminal Investigations.