Africa-Press – Kenya. Cabinet Secretaries have been given a December 31, 2023, deadline to have all government services on e-Citizen.
In a letter seen by the Star, the CSs have also been asked to take the lead in creating awareness within their dockets about e-Citizen and the importance of compliance.
“This includes informing stakeholders about the over 16,000 services currently available on the platform,” the letter from the Secretary to Cabinet, Mercy Wanjau reads.
Wanjau is also the chairperson of the e-Citizen Implementation Committee (e-CIC).
“Ensuring that compliance with the directive remains a standing agenda item in all relevant meetings held within your portfolio,” she said.
Wanjau said this will ensure consistent progress and accountability towards achieving the onboarding deadline.
The CSs are also required to ensure that Paybill Number 222222 is the designated government payment platform for all government services.
They are also required to ensure all other Paybill numbers that exist are terminated.
“The e-CIC is committed to the targeted closure of the directive to onboard all government services onto the e-Citizen platform by the end of 2023, Wanjau said”
As of August, government ministries, departments and agencies had so far discontinued the use of 1,448 Playbills in favour of the government’s 222222.
Immigration PS Julius Bitok said the move is in line with a presidential directive issued on June 30 for the adoption of a single payment platform within 90 days.
President William Ruto had in previous circulars set August 10, 2023 as the deadline.
While issuing the directive for the transition on June 30, Ruto said there were over 1,000 Paybills “some of which we don’t have sight of”.
He said for accountability purposes, “They must now be closed”.
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