President Uhuru Kenyatta says the pilot exercise of the newly launched National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) has revealed loop holes through which the government was losing money.
Speaking while presiding over the launch on Tuesday in Masii, Machakos County, the President stated that the registration process had identified 2647 ghost workers in the public service – especially the police force – and thwarted an estimated annual loss of nearly Ksh.1.8 billion.
“In the National Police Service, we found 1447 people who were receiving salaries but were nowhere to be seen. In the Administration Police (A.P), we found 1048 and in the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) we found 152,” he stated.
“These are people who have not been found to date but were being paid. With this (NIIMS), we saved about Ksh.148 million when salaries for this past month were paid; which translates to about Ksh.1.8 billion yearly.”
The Head of State added: “This is why some people are against this exercise, because now they know the gaps they were using to steal money will be no more.”
President Kenyatta further dispelled myths about the Huduma Namba being dismissed by a section of political and religious leaders in the country, urging all citizens to register to enhance the government’s service delivery.
