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Kenya’s tender system prone to fraud, say MPs as they pass mini budget

NAIROBI: MPs Wednesday attacked President Uhuru Kenyatta’s order that procurement and financial transactions be conducted through a management system. They said the system was opaque, open to manipulation and an avenue to shield the theft of public resources from the eyes of parliamentary committees.

The ire over the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) – the mega database through which the National Treasury manages the budget billions—came as the MPs approved a Sh50.4 billion Supplementary Budget for the current financial year, with just 26 days to go to the end of the financial year.

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