Do cabinet reshuffles work?

Cabinet reshuffle is a mere political game for embezzlers. The real essence of cabinet reshuffle is to changes situations but today once someone is appointed he/she embezzles money first before starts thinking on the job. A cabinet minister who is working very hard will be blackmailed by his/her colleagues to be fired. A minister or ministers in Cameroon who remains in every cabinet reshuffle are the very corrupt ones.

Cabinet reshuffles are all in an effort to bring more efficiency to Government’s programs and operations.
Transferring a portfolio from minister to another could be because the former is under performing or there maybe the need to bring a new person to government so hopefully he or she can do to do a more than its being done.
But in Africa it’s done to throw people out because they criticized the government or did not agree with a policy direction, and bring in folks who are ready to lay their newest cloth down for the president to walk on thereby defeating the very purpose of democracy where different minds come together to govern and develop a nation.
I agree with cabinet reshuffles they are good in all ways and it will make ministers sit up, last week in Ghana there was a newspaper publication about an imminent reshuffle, according to newsmen the story made the ministers extremely nervous but the publication was refuted by the government spokesman.

Perhaps a scare of the sort won’t be bad at all.

They merely put old wine in a new bottle, so nothing ever changes in Africa’ how sad! ‘Of course if the right change can be done that’s natural because apart from god’ the only thing that is constant is ‘change; Even if some one is doing well it’s okay to see if some one else can do better.

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Cabinet reshuffles are all in an effort to bring more efficiency to Government’s programs and operations.

Transferring a portfolio from minister to another could be because the former is under performing or there maybe the need to bring a new person to government so hopefully he or she can do to do a more than its being done.

But in Africa it’s done to throw people out because they criticized the government or did not agree with a policy direction, and bring in folks who are ready to lay their newest cloth down for the president to walk on thereby defeating the very purpose of democracy where different minds come together to govern and develop a nation.

I agree with cabinet reshuffles they are good in all ways and it will make ministers sit up, last week in Ghana there was a newspaper publication about an imminent ministerial reshuffle, according to newsmen the story made the ministers very nervous, but the publication was refuted by the government spokesman.

Perhaps a scare of the sort won’t be bad at all !

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I am forced to believe cabinet reshuffles do matter only to democratic regimes like that of the Republic of South Africa.In authoritarian regimes i believe they are done to satisfy those who brought or are helping to keep the leader afloat.
In my native native Cameroon,no significant changes do take place after cabinet reshuffles.In fact,they always come after an election;thanking those who helped rigged the election.That is why we see people with very little or nothing to offer the state being a member of government.That can as well account for the low level of development after 50 years of independence.
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Cabinet reshuffles are just that; reshuffles. Same as shuffling a deck of cards. It doesn't change the cards, just their position. It is a joke, to be seen as doing something while doing nothing. This is the one area I admire Americans. You either do the job or get fired or resign. I wonder, where did we pick up this habit?

Moreover, in many African countries, the minister is merely a figure head. He doesn't know what the hell goes on, at least not the details. He simply signs here and reads speeches verbatim from a paper/teleprompter. So if you are going to effect change or efficiency of under performing ministries, it is better to get rid and hire the permanent secretary and so called technocrats.
Ministers are simply carrots offered to a certain tribal voting block as reward for votes. Look at Kenya, we have almost 40 ministries. While the USA has 12 I think. How is this possible? Better to get rid of some of these redundant posts all together.

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[Personal details removed by Moderator] Well, as an African, there are munerous reasons for moving cabinet around. Moving cabinet around depends on the following: a cabinet member may be moved because his boss does not appreciate his work on the position; move around could be that the boss is trying to hide something; it could be because the boss is making way for embezzlement; it could be because the boss wants to bring in his own; it could be because the boss' life is at risk and he wants to be more careful; it could be because the boss wants to make real change/s. But in Africa, real changes are not in government; except in the western world or America. In Africa, it is always for a bad reason, called corruption.

Cabinet reshuffle is an important aspect in leadership ideally. Where people are transfered from one position to another for better perormance and efficiency of an organisation/gov't.
In africa reshuffles are made to cover up or protect wrong doers and get rid of opposition individuals or critical officers who do not form part of the ruling party.
Acording to me wrong people should not only be transfered from one position to another but they should be terminated from work and they should be accountable for their dids in courts of law while poorly performing leaders should be taken for refresher training to improve on thier skills.
Objective opposition leads to improvement in leadership but many african leaders donot like critics hence they are reshuffled, demoted, arrested or killed etc. Save africa by good leadership not dictatorship and power thirst

What threat? If a Minister is committed to work, they will work irrespective of any obstacles.

Take Kenya for example. The Hon. John Michuki was able to bring order to an otherwise chaotic and "Mafiasized" transport sector within one and a half years in office. No sooner had he been transferred, the industry has NEVER been the same again and has simply gone to the 'dogs'.

The PROBLEM would therefore be the appointing authority and not the minister. I guess every appointing authority should take an introduction to managing your cabinet by Daniel Arap Moi. Do not issue threats....simply act and the fear of the living gods will make the ministers work.

There is an old Africa saying...a dog that barks too much, has NO time to bite! I guess this answers your question about threats and reshuffles!

cabinet reshuffles have hardly made any difference or improved on the way governance is handled in this part of the world oftentime than non we tend to have persons who lack the experience to even run the office. for me i think that reshufflement is only intended to hold unto power whether or not there is capability or not. practically it does not improve the run of the government.

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cabinet reshufles don't lead to any form of improvement on the lives of the common man. its simply the substitution of one set of corrupt officials for another.