The government has digitalized the procurement procedure of goods and services starting this Financial Year and field offices are being asked to ready themselves for the changes.
Marsabit County Commissioner James Kamau said the electronic government procurement (e-GP) was mandatory in order to enhance accountability and transparency in government financial operations.
Mr Kamau who was chairing the county heads of department service delivery meeting in his office said the move was also meant to hasten service delivery as digitization infuses efficiency and fairness.
The CC pointed out that the government was fine tuning the laying out of the digital superhighway to ensure that the rolloutof the new system was not only effective but reliable.
“The digital superhighway program is part of the bottom up economic transformation agenda (BETA) which is expected to streamline the procurement of public goods and services,” he said adding that it would also be an effective tool in the fight against corruption.
Mr Kamau pointed out that with competitiveness and openness, there is bound to be value for money as inflated costs of goods would be checked while operation costs in government offices would be lessened to a large extent.
He underlined that all services related to sourcing of goods and services will only be processed through the new system and asked the departments and agencies to ready their offices for the new changes in order to ensure smooth transition for uninterrupted service delivery.
County head of procurement Jamila Dima said plans to train procurement entities including suppliers were underway.
By Sebastian Miriti
