Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi gave the update at a breakfast meeting convened by the Institute of Public Finance in Nairobi.
According to the Treasury, 1,546 procuring entities have now been onboarded onto the system, more than 30,000 requisitions have been processed, and 45,000 suppliers have registered. The platform is linked to the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), the Business Registration Service, the National Construction Authority, the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) programme and the Kenya Revenue Authority's iTax system.
Mbadi said the government is advancing e-GP "as a fundamental public procurement reform to strengthen oversight, minimise irregularities, enhance competition and secure greater value for money in the use of public resources."
The next phase will extend the system to the remaining procuring entities and add electronic modules for complaints, appeals and contract management. Development partners are expected to support the technical integration.
The Treasury noted that the success of e-GP will depend not only on bringing institutions onto the platform but also on sustained use, compliance, and building the capacity of public institutions and suppliers.
