CTO DECENTRALISATION CALLS FOR VIGILANCE Government departments have been advised to prepare well for a major shift as the Central Transport Organisation (CTO) decentralises some of its core functions come April 1, 2014. Departments would now be responsible for the maintenance, repair and purchase of their fleet, among other things, CTO’s regional manager for Central, Mr Palalani Ramajase, announced on March 3 when briefing heads of department (HODs) in Francistown. “It will now be upon you to take your vehicles for service or repair to any of the private garages around, including CTO of course, because we will still be available as another option,” Mr Ramajase announced. He cautioned that it would however, not just be any garage because CTO would issue a list of preferred garages for departments to choose from, he said, highlighting that CTO would continue to offer similar services and thus could be used as an option. Departments would also be expected to handle the boarding of their old vehicles, whereas CTO would only play a secondary role. Currently the responsibility to board old vehicles lied mainly with CTO. “CTO will not die because no one will lose their job nor will there be any redeployment necessitated by the changes, the transport principal assured, allaying fears that the organisation will have nothing to do now that its essential tasks were being carved out. Mr Ramajase said other tasks within the organisation, such as refueling, pool hiring, and technical guidance, among others, would continue to be offered at CTO. “It is important that you plan and prepare for the coming change particularly in terms of creating the right budgets and transport personnel by the time April arrives,” advised Mr Ramajase. Why the change, some HODs probed, grumbling that the message, though welcome, came rather too late because April was just around the corner? Mr Ramajase, who was accompanied by Francistown CTO Workshop Manager, Mr Moagi Mmolawa, countered that departments had always accused CTO of failing to fix their vehicles on time; hence the move to give them the responsibility. “Every time departments were asked about their failure to deliver they would say their vehicles were with CTO,” he pointed out, adding that, contrarily, at CTO they had always accused departments of failing properly care for government vehicles. Mr Mmolawa said some of the cars that were already with CTO for repairs or otherwise would be returned to their respective departments unrepaired because currently there is no money to repair them. In any case, some HODs were happy and welcomed the change saying, after all CTO did not properly assist them, particularly in terms of buying the right kind of vehicles and prompt service and repairs. Shifts such as this one are fundamental and could challenge the very foundations of organisations; there is no doubt that departments will plan well and be ready to implement the new phase. BOPA
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:16:57 +0000
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