Senate raises concerns over continued inefficiency of IFMIS

Senate in session during the election of the Senate Deputy Speaker of the senate at the Senate chambers in Nairobi, June 2, 2020 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Eighteen years since its advent, the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), used in government to enhance transparency and accountable, remains inefficient.

Senators were taken aback when Auditor General Nancy Gathungu and Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o said the system is prone to “fraud, error and non-disclosure of revenue.