Kenya’s President, William Ruto says at least 4,200 government services have been digitised.
Speaking on Friday during the launch of the Public Service Commission Values and Principles Compliance report for 2021-2022, Ruto said the collection of the digitisation exercise is set for June.
The President said this will enable Kenyans to access services whenever and wherever they are without the many unnecessary processes, as is currently.
“The recommendation to migrate public services to online platforms to enhance compliance with values and principles of governance is in perfect synchrony with our plan to digitise government services.
“So far, at least 4,200 government services have been digitised. We envisage completion of this exercise by June to allow Kenyans to access services without unnecessary bureaucracy,” the president said.
The update comes barely a month after he announced that 2,800 government services had been digitised.
In December last year, the government announced that all payments for government services shall be made through the E-citizen portal.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u gazetted the portal to be the official government digital payment platform.
He also announced that more transactions were being migrated to the online payment portal, as the government unveils a new universal pay bill number.
A raft of government services have been bundled under the e-citizen, generating hundreds of thousands of transactions monthly.
The portal generates an invoice for the various services and the user proceeds to pay the amount using mobile money platforms through the government’s pay bill number.
Once payment is made, the system reflects the transaction and generates a receipt that the user can print.
