34 CEOs in ‘hot soup’ for failing to comply with Ruto’ directive

By Peter Ochieng

Thirty-four Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of government agencies have been put on notice, for failing to comply with President William Ruto’s directive.

They have been fingered for failing to adhere to the directive of digitizing all operations through the e-citizen platform to enhance transparency, over a year down the line.

In his address during the first anniversary of e-Citizen Directorate in Nairobi, the Head of State listed the affected CEOs and directed them to comply within one week, or ‘face the music.’

"These entities have yet to comply with my directive that their services, revenue payments must be on e-citizen so that the treasury can follow on the revenues collected by the 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," said a seemingly agitated President.

"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."

Here is a list of the affected entities:

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

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 Accountants 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

Ruto said the digitisation of government services has improved efficiency in service delivery, saving time and money for both citizens and the government.