The National Treasury has gazetted new charges which will be imposed on Kenyans for every transaction made on the platform.
Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u announced Friday, December 22, that the introduction of the charges are guided by the Public Finance Management Act.
He further noted that the new charges have been integrated into all available electronic payment platforms in Kenya, including mobile money, electronic bank payments, real-time gross settlements (RTGS), wallets, debit/credit cards and other payment channels.
“The pro-rated changes will be applicable to all services, unless otherwise waived by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury
and Economic Planning. The charges take effect immediately. Gazette Notice No. 1350 of 2023 is revoked,” CS Njuguna maintained.
Breakdown of Nominal Charges
1. Below Kes 199 fee is Kes 5.0
2. Kes 200 – 299 fee is Kes 10.0
3. Kes 300 – 499 fee is Kes 15.0
4. Kes 500 – 699 fee is Kes 20.0
5. Kes 700 – 999 fee is Kes 25.0
6. > Kes 1,000 fee is Kes 50.0
7. Any US$ amount fee is US$1.0
The new charges take effect immediately.
This directive comes after the government set a new record in eCitizen revenue collection months after President William Ruto directed the use of a single pay bill number and digitisation of all government services.
In a statement dated December 21, Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok noted that the daily revenue collection on the digital platform crossed Ksh900 million for the first time.
The PS revealed that eCitizen collected a total of Ksh903.6 million, Ksh223,714,916 ($1,446,495) of which was collected in dollars on Wednesday, December 20.
Ruto had also directed that all other pay bill numbers be deactivated and all payments channelled through a consolidated pay bill, 222222.
