These gaps, ambiguities and lack of defined responsibilities have given rise to weak governance in this sector. Second, at each tier of government there is a bundling of policy, executing and regulatory functions within the Education and Health Ministries and Departments. This concentration of powers impairs the capacity of the departments to deliver the services.
There is an urgent need to entrust the policy making functions to the Ministries and departments, executing and implementing responsibilities to fully empowered agencies and the regulatory duties to independent regulatory bodies located outside the ministries and departments. This unbundling of functions will help strengthen the capacity of government to deliver these social services in an effective manner.