Ruto puts 34 CEOs on notice for failing to comply with e-Citizen directive

Speaking during the first anniversary of e-Citizen Directorate in Nairobi, the president listed the CEOs and ordered them to comply with the directive within one week or else face stern action including dismissal. 

Ruto pointed out that such companies defied a direct order by soliciting funds through unscrupulous means. 

"These entities have yet to comply with my directive that their services, revenue payments must be on e-citizen so that treasury can follow on the revenues been collected by government. They have one week to comply. Otherwise, they know what to do, they can make use of the door, it's as simple as that," Ruto noted. 

Further, the head of state warned State agencies that are on the e-citizen platform but still use alternative means of payment to pocket funds. 

He ordered for a list to be drafted within three days of such State agencies using underhanded means to loot funds. 

"We still have State agencies that are on the platform but once in a while, they retreat to use alternative means of payment including games with some banks," he warned. 

"I want a record in the last three months of State agencies on the platforms but have decided to use other means with grey spaces so that we can take action against people undermining transparency. I want that list on my desk in the next three days."

Ruto emphasised that he would enforce his promise of enhancing operations in government that are transparent and credible. 

"When I campaigned, I made a fundamental statement, I said in my administration there would be no money to steal and part of that journey is through digitisation. Through this, we connect service delivery to revenue collection," he asserted. 

Here is a list of 34 companies put on notice for failing to comply with the digitisation directive. 

National Cancer Institute of Kenya, Kenya Hospital Authority Trust fund, Kenya Nutritionist and Dietician Institute, Health Records and Information Managers Board, National Syndemic Disease Control Council, Occupation Therapy Council of Kenya, Digital Health Authority, Kenya Biovax Institute Limited. 

 Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya Health Human Resource Authority, Kenya Water Institute, Tanathi Water Works Development Agency, Water Sector Trust fund, Kenya Engineering Technology Registration Board, Kenya Ports Authority, Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). 

Private Security Regulatory Authority, Nairobi International Financial Center, Kenya Re-insurance Corporation, Financial Reporting Centre, Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, Consolidated Bank of Kenya, Development Bank of Kenya. 

Kenya Accountancies and Secretaries National Examination Board, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, Institute of certified Secretaries, Energy, and Petroleum Regulation Authority, 

Kenya Power Company Limited, Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation, Geothermal Development Company, Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited, National Defence University, Kenya Space Agency, Kenya Shipyard Limited.