Members of Parliament have branded the government's eCitizen platform a fraudulent operation following revelations of massive financial irregularities and unauthorized payments totaling Ksh 127 million to private entities.
The National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) raised alarm over what they described as a crime scene involving monumental corruption and theft of public resources within the digital government services platform.
The legislators were responding to a special audit report from the Office of the Auditor General that exposed serious operational flaws in the system.
PAC committee members have now called for the immediate closure of the platform, arguing that allowing it to continue operating poses significant risks to both national security and public finances.
The audit findings revealed that two private companies received substantial payments without proper authorization or oversight.
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"The committee, for the two private entities that had been paid Ksh127 Million, was Wandabwa Associates Limited-Ksh63 million, and another one got an equal amount," one MP noted during the committee proceedings.
The payments have sparked demands for greater transparency, with Public Accounts Committee Chairperson Tindi Mwale questioning the identity and credentials of those benefiting from the controversial transactions.
"We should look and know who are the directors to these private entities that are being paid money," Mwale stated.
Turkana Central MP Joseph Namuwar cited fundamental legal deficiencies that he argued make the entire system illegitimate.
"The e-Citizen platform is a scam. And why? On page three, chair, you've been able to read that there's no legal framework," Namuwar stated.
The revelations have cast serious doubt over the integrity of Kenya's flagship digital government services platform, which processes millions of transactions for citizens seeking various government services.
