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Watchdog wants ICT Ministry to take over control of eCitizen billions

The National Treasury could soon lose the mandate to directly collect billions of shillings generated through the government’s eCitizen digital payments platform.

This follows a recommendation by the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee to have the ICT Ministry take over the management of the platform.

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