Crooks, newspapers locked out as State procurement goes online

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) is taken through the e-procurement system that was launched on Wednesday.

It is now possible for suppliers or contractors doing business with Government to track their invoices, payments when due as well as interact online.

This follows the launch of an electronic public procurement and payments system by the National Treasury as part of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). “Through automation of public financial processes, the IFMIS has provided an interlinked system of internal controls providing clear audit trails and identification of the originator of all transactions,” said President Uhuru Kenyatta Wednesday while launching the system at the KICC.