Payment of schol fees through e-citizen won’t stop-Ruto

By Moses Muli

Published: Feb.,6 2024 6:15 PM(EAT)

President Ruto has said that the payment of school fees through the e-citizen platform is unstoppable and vowed to crush any resistance to e-government by corruption cartels.

The President said this will help eliminate the payment of illegal levies by some schools.“Cash payments are prone to abuse and we want to reduce and eventually end them,” President Ruto said in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Education announced on Friday that the new method of fees payment will start with national schools.

While making the announcement, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the collection of school fees through the e-citizen platform is meant to enhance accountability and transparency. He said once the money is received on the platform, it will be recorded and immediately transfered to the school accounts.

He said schools had been asked to submit their bank accounts details to the ministry to facilitate the change.

Mr. Machogu said that in the second term, extra-county and county schools would also be asked to provide the information in preparation for the migration.