Photo caption: Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana in a past event. He has slammed the National Treasury over frequent IFMIS breakdown saying the breakdown has slowed down service delivery. (Photo/ www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke)
Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has slammed the National Treasury over frequent breakdown of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) saying that it has hampered and slowed down service delivery.
Kibwana says that county operations continue to be halted as a result of repeated IFMIS breakdown.
The Makueni governor said that counties cannot operate as a result of the IFMIS breakdown adding that the system failure has led to conflict between the county, suppliers and employees.
“We cannot pay workers and suppliers without IFMIS and this is affecting our daily operations,” he said as quoted by the Daily Nation.
Kibwana urged the National treasury to put in place mechanism that will prevent the system from breaking down. He said that counties are losing trust of suppliers because of delayed payments occasioned by IFMIS breakdown.
The IFMIs broke down early this month causing panic in the national and county governments as services halted.
On Monday Council of Governors (COG) chairman Peter Munya raised concerns over frequent IFMIS breakdown. Munya alleged that the IFMIS breakdown is a plot by the national government to halter service in counties.
He claimed that there is a sinister motive aimed at preventing counties from utilizing their budgets ahead of the August 8 polls.
Governors have on several occasions questioned the IFMIS system saying that it is causing more harm than good.