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Government grinding to a halt as Mbadi's Sh5b procurement system fails to work

Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning John Mbadi before The Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to deliberate on the commercial bank accounts operated by county governments contrary to the law at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi. July 17th,2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

For two months, government agencies have not been able to procure even the most basic of goods and services as a stalemate ensues over the rollout of a multibillion electronic procurement system.

From essential services such as health, books for schools to mega projects, everything has stalled as it emerges that the new electronic Government Procurement System (e-GPS) being pushed by the National Treasury was not ready for rollout.

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