NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 10 \u2013 Cabinet has approved comprehensive payroll reforms to tackle long-standing integrity issues in public service payrolls and ensure statutory deductions are uniformly applied at source.<\/p>\n
The reforms follow a special audit of the 2024\u20132025 financial year, which revealed serious governance, integrity, and cybersecurity failures within the Government Human Resource Information System-Kenya (HRIS-K).<\/p>\n
The audit exposed widespread payroll anomalies, including mismanagement of identity records, tax compliance issues, and irregular bank accounts.<\/p>\n
Of grave concern, 720 system editors altered over 4.7 million payroll records without audit trails, including instances of staff editing their own records.<\/p>\n
The audit also flagged financial irregularities, unauthorized payments, excessive salary arrears, weak disaster-recovery measures, and expired ICT licenses, all posing risks to public funds.<\/p>\n
In response, the Cabinet approved a reform roadmap that includes mandatory security certification by 11 March 2026, forensic analytics to guide legal and disciplinary actions, a governance reset of HRIS-K, and full integration of a statutory deductions platform to enhance transparency and accountability across government payrolls.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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