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CoB flags low budget absorption amid slow e-procurement rollout

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o. [File, Standard]

Accounting officers have been urged to fast-track implementation of electronic Government Procurement System (e-GPS) as part of enhancing transparency and cost-effectiveness in the use of public resources and timely implementation of planned activities.

 Deputy Controller of Budget (CoB), FCPA Stephen Masha said that challenges in the adoption of the new procurement system has contributed to low absorption of funds in the first quarter of Financial Year 2025/26.

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