BREAKING NEWS: High Court Suspends Ruto’s eCitizen School Fees Directive.
BREAKING NEWS: High Court Suspends Ruto’s eCitizen School Fees Directive: High Court on Wednesday suspended the government’s order directing all school parents to pay school fees via eCitizen.
The court issued a conservatory order suspending the implementation of the directive by the Ministry of Education pending further directions from the court on February 13.
The ruling read,”That an interim conservatory order is herby issued suspending the Circular or letter by the Principal Secretary (Belio R Kipsang), Ministry of Education dated 31st January 2024, requiring parents/Guardians and or students to pay fees and or any other levies for all government learning institutions through e-citizen platform or any other Digital platform(s) until 13th February 2024, when the court will issue further directions in this petition.”
This comes days after a circular was sent to all principals of national schools. Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang instructed them to provide the details of the institution’s bank account details to facilitate the onboarding process.
The circular,”The directorate of e-Citizen in partnership with the Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy and the National Treasury have been coordinating the onboarding of all government services onto the eCitizen platform to enhance service delivery,”
“As part of compliance with the requirements it is directed that parents/guardians make fee payments for their learners in your institutions through this platform,” read part of the circular.
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