The National Assembly Finance Committee has ordered Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi to appear before it and explain the operation and management challenges facing the eCitizen platform.
Speaking during a meeting with Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo on Thursday afternoon, the committee chairperson Kimani Kuria raised concerns over the operational challenges on the eCitizen platform that he said interfered with revenue collection. The CS was directed to appear before the committee in the next two weeks to explain the circumstances under which the National Treasury handed over its mandate of running the platform to the Immigration Department.
According to the committee members, the Treasury's lack of control over the online platform which hosts 18 government services posed risks of revenue leakage, security breaches, and operational disruptions.
The Finance and Planning Committe Chairperson and Molo Kuria Kimani during a public engagement exercise at Kenyatta International Conference Centre(KICC) in Nairobi on November 25, 2024.
