Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has refuted claims that the county is losing revenue through its JamboPay system.
Sonko issued a statement on Monday saying the county had sealed all loopholes used by cartels to guzzle public money.
The Governor announced the county will collect Sh1.7 billion in February, Sh100 million more than was collected in January. He sreported that by mid-February, the County had collected Sh903 million through JamboPay.
“We have sealed all corruption loopholes. All unscrupulous traders and rogue county staff who think they will survive on corruption have been put on notice. We are here to serve Nairobians,” he said.
Last week, Finance Executive Vesca Kangogo told a committee of the Assembly that City Hall has incurred huge revenue losses due to frequent failure of the online system.
Kangogo said City Hall has automated more than 90 per cent of its 136 revenue streams, pushing its daily collections to between Sh80 and Sh100 million, up from between Sh7 million and Sh10 million before the automation.
JamboPay chief executive Danson Muchemi, however, denied the claims, and instead blamed frequent internet disruptions at City Hall and weak enforcement by the county for the continued dismal revenue performance.
Muchemi said JamboPay has integrated its systems with those of City Hall and that any time the internet connection to the county headquarters is disconnected, its operations are also grounded.
“They are not paying for Internet on time. We experience issues in areas such as the instant generation of receipts. We get them from their internal systems so if there is no internet, there is nothing much we can do,” he said.
