Ruto; 34 companies to join E-Citizen or quit.
An apparently irked President William Ruto sternly warned directors of key government agencies on Thursday, November 28. He questioned their actions that are reportedly frustrating the government’s efforts in digitizing public services.
The Head of State then castigated the officials for their alleged involvement in what could be considered misusing public funds with no one to ask them a question. Among the companies he listed include the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya Ports Authority, KPA, and the country’s electricity company, Kenya Power Company (KPLC).
The President delivered a speech to the guests gathered at the First Anniversary event of the eCitizen Directorate, held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi. The leader has observed that there are 34 agencies that have yet to fully comply with his directive to integrate their essential services onto the eCitizen digital platform.
Ruto mentioned that these entities have not fully incorporated government services into their departments on the platform as requested.
Ruto then handed the agencies a one-week ultimatum to comply with the directive, failure of which they might have to look for an exit. Ruto warned that they have one week to comply; otherwise, they are free to use the door.
Clearly unhappy, the President then went ahead to name all 34 state agencies that had not complied with the directives, reiterating that they were contributing to the revenue shortfalls.
Ruto said that this was because these institutions had not implemented his directive to route their services, payment collections, and revenues through the eCitizen platform so that the Treasury can monitor what comes into the country carefully.
Ruto gave the example of some state corporations that, although they had initially registered on the eCitizen platform, were still doing things in secret, using old systems of making payments to avoid the Treasury’s detection of their revenues.
He said government agencies still use the eCitizen platform, but sometimes they prefer other means of payment, like partnering with some banks through gaming options.
He requested that the presidents and chairmen of well-known companies have it obeyed within three days and present a report immediately to his office.
Compilation of Companies;
The Kenya National Cancer Institute.
Kenya Hospital Authority Trust Fund – nicely put.
The Kenya Nutritionist and Dieticians Institute.
Board of Health Records and Information Managers.
Council for National Syndemic Disease Control.
Kenya’s Occupational Therapy Council
Authority in Digital Health
Kenya Biovax Institute Limited the sophisticated heading.
The Kenya National Public Health Institute.
Kenya Health Human Resource Authority – easy-sounding yet elegant title.
Kenya Water Institute is the name.
The Tana-Athi Water Works Development Agency.
Water Sector Trust Fund.
Kenya Engineering Technology Registration Board
The Kenya Ports Authority, also known as KPA.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority, more commonly referred to as IPOA.
The regulatory body for private security.
Nairobi International Finance Centre – a center for international finance activities.
Kenya Reinsurance Corporation is how one would say it.
The organization by the name of the Financial Reporting Centre.
Kenya Institute of Supplies Management.
The Consolidated Bank of Kenya.
The Development Bank of Kenya.
The Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board, better known as KASNEB.
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, better known as ICPAK.
Certified Secretaries Institute
The Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority, EPRA.
Kenya Power Company Limited, commonly referred to as KPLC.
The organization known as Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy is committed to the provision and promotion of electricity and sustainable energy in the rural areas.
The Geothermal Development Company
Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited
The National Defence University is commonly abbreviated as NDU.
The Kenya Space Agency
The Shipyard Limited.
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