The national government is under mounting pressure following fresh revelations of alleged financial mismanagement and irregular withdrawals running into billions of shillings from the eCitizen platform.
The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has now summoned seven entities as it intensifies investigations into a suspected loss of Ksh9.4 billion from the government’s digital payment system, widely used by Kenyans to access key public services.
The committee, chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale, made the decision during a sitting held on March 25, 2026, after grilling senior government officials over findings contained in a special audit report by the Auditor-General.
Among those who appeared before the committee were Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo, Immigration and Citizen Services PS Dr Belio Kipsang, and ICT and Digital Economy PS John Tanui. The trio faced tough questions over discrepancies highlighted in the audit regarding the management of funds on the platform.
According to the report, billions of shillings were irregularly transferred from the eCitizen system into private accounts, raising serious concerns over transparency, oversight and the safety of public funds.
PAC has summoned several entities, including the Office of the Attorney General, a local commercial bank, and private firms such as Webmasters Kenya and Electronic Citizen Solutions, to shed light on their roles in the transactions.
Lawmakers are seeking clarity on how these entities were authorised to collect government revenue, the approvals granted, and the exact amounts they processed or may still be holding.
“We expect full disclosure on how these entities were engaged, how much money they handled, and whether any public funds were diverted,” Mwale told the committee.
The audit also flagged structural weaknesses within the platform, suggesting that the government may have limited control and could be relying on a private vendor to run critical operations. This, auditors warned, poses a major risk given the central role of eCitizen in service delivery.
However, Treasury PS Kiptoo dismissed the concerns, maintaining that the government fully owns the platform following a handover agreement signed in January 2023. He stated that the vendor was required to transfer the system unconditionally.
Despite the assurance, MPs expressed alarm over separate findings indicating that Ksh6.3 billion was irregularly channelled into a private account without government approval.
Further scrutiny revealed additional unexplained transactions involving Ksh68.7 million and Ksh6.22 billion linked to the Pesaflow system, with audit officials noting missing bank statements and use of unapproved accounts.
Kiptoo told the committee that the funds in question had since been secured, even as investigations continue into what could be one of the most significant accountability concerns surrounding Kenya’s digital revenue systems.
