Failure of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) has adversely affected the county operations such as paying of salaries which has forced the county governments to borrow from the banks to pay December salary.
The councils of Governors Finance Committee chairman Wycliffe Oparanya is alleging a plot by the Government to frustrate counties and portray them as lacking the capacity to handle the devolved functions.
"IFMIS is not working up to now. In the case of my county I have managed to pay staff some money after negotiating for a loan from Co-operative Bank," said Oparanya.
Oparanya warned that if counties fail to pay their staff the December salaries, it will be a big blow to them and the impact will be felt in their work output which could lead to paralysis of county operations.
Oparanya said that this is a government scheme to frustrate county governments.
“How can the Government the biggest spender allow a system such as IFMIS to collapse without thinking of alternatives?” asked Oparanya.
He said they have tried to reach the national treasury cabinet secretary Henry Rotich to discuss the matter but he is not available
Rotich however said he county governments should stop putting the blame on IFMIS since it is working and that it is the same system that was used to pay the teachers their salary on the 23rd of December.
The governors will be discussing this issue on Tuesday with a view of escalating the matter with Treasury.
Oparanya said that this is not the first time counties are raising concerns over the functionality of IFMIS.