MONITORING AND EVALUATION IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL OF PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT. ADOPTING A MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICE CHANGES AN ORGANIZATIONS FOCUS FROM WHAT-IT-IS-DOING, TO WHAT-IT WANTS-TO-ACHIEVE, THROUGH TRACKING OF CHANGES REGISTERED IN THE PROJECT USING PREDEFINED INDICA- TORS OF ACHIEVEMENT. BESIDES, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING HAVE BECOME A VITAL COMPONENT OF MODERN PROGRAMMING; THEREBY COMPELLING MAN- AGERS TO BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR ACTIONS, AND RESPONSIVE TO STAKEHOLDERS' EXPECTATIONS.