The failure of Ifmis affects operations in the counties

Financial operations in various counties have been paralyzed as a result of the failure of the integrated financial management system (Ifmis).

In Kisii County, Financial Director John Momanyi Nation problem started early this month

"The blackout adversely affected our operations," he said.

He said that the approved 2018/2019 budget could not be downloaded into the system. "This prevents us from asking for funds," he said

which is particularly difficult for the county that is preparing to host the Inter County Sports and Cultural Association Games. Kenya planned from August 12 to 18. "A lot of money is needed for the preparation of these games and it will be difficult for us to implement our program without funds," he said.

County workers now fear that their wages will be delayed. [19659004] "I foresee a situation where our money could be delayed and it could be a financial problem for me since our children are separating for the August holidays," said an employee of the US Department of Justice. ;Education.

The same situation is present in Vihiga County. Governor Wilber Ottichilo, however, stated that his administration was seeking to put an end to the problems of the system that affected the delivery of services and the implementation of development projects.

million. Ottichilo badured that his administration had hired the director of Ifmis in Nairobi.

"One of the biggest challenges in the execution of our budget is Ifmis, the director of the system badured me that he would send two experts to Vihiga to train our people" said the county chief. Workers may be forced to wait longer for their July wages because of the malfunction.

County Finance Director Vincent Masawi said the disruption of the government's digital payment platform should be rectified

. The deadline will not be fixed, but all payment processes on the platform will be affected. "

In Nyeri, wages will be delayed due to the collapse of Ifmis despite the agreement of the deconcentrated unit on the bill." According to the director of finance and the Economic Planning, Robert Thuo, National Treasury conducts mapping of Ifmis to introduce new users to the system.

He said the process should be completed on Monday and pave the way for aries payment.

"Ifmis has not worked for the past two days because new users are fed to the system," he said.

According to Mr. Thuo, inefficiencies badociated with the system will be reduced as the upgrade has improved security features and measures

"This is a normal improvement within the government. Nyeri County will be among the first counties to comply with the directive and operations will resume soon, "he said.

In Laikipia, a financial officer confirmed that some services had been stopped due to the

In Meru, Chief Financial Officer Joseph Chabari said the system should still be activated because they were downloading the budget.

"We are also updating the new users of the system. it's only part of the process we have to undertake before we can use the system, "he said.

While other counties complain about Ifmis, Kisumu Finance 's director, Nerry Achar, expressed satisfaction with the system, noting that they knew little about it. technological difficulties.

He stated that the county was able to fulfill its financial obligations quickly. "As we speak, the national government does not owe us a dime and we hope to pay the July wages on time," said Mr. Achar.

million. Peter Murage, an entrepreneur based in Nyandarua, says the business is about to be auctioned.

He is one of the contractors to still be paid by the Nyandarua County Government.

It was contracted to provide building materials worth 6 million shillings in 2013/14.

"Last week, the police came to see me under the pretext of getting money under false pretenses," said Mr. Murage, Nyandarua Finance's chief executive, Mary Mugwanja. pay until a forensic audit is done.

"We badure contractors and suppliers that the county government is willing to pay, but only after a judicial audit and a clean bill. We will do our best to settle outstanding bills this fiscal year, "Ruth Mbula, Derick Luvega, Lucy Mkanyika, Eric Matara, Victor Rabala, Waikwa Maina, Steve Njuguna and Peter Mutibo.