Members of Parliament have initiated a probe into the ownership and control of Kenya’s government payment platform, E-Citizen. The Lawmakers have further tasked the National Treasury PS to provide evidence of the contractual arrangement that exist between the government and private vendors.
The MPs now demand for answers seeking to know why the platform, founded by James Ayogi, still has its system run by vendors despite claims that the government has full ownership, with particular concern over revenue collection and management.
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Bernard Ndungu, the Director
General of Accounting Services at the National Treasury, has reiterated that the system under scrutiny is managed by the government. MPs like John Ariko and Joseph Kaman, raised concerns about the platform’s domiciling at the immigration department rather than the Treasury and the lack of transparency regarding revenue collection and vendor payments.
The parliamentary committee is hereforedemanding clarity from Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo about the vendors’ continued involvement in operating the system, including details about fee arrangements and revenue sharing.
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