President Ruto unveils Gavamkononi app and other gov’t digitized services.
In an event that happened at the Kenya international conference centre, President Ruto unveils Gavamkononi app, Gava express and other digitized government services.
State house spokesperson Hussein Mohammed stated,”On JAMHURI Day last year, President William Ruto made a promise that 5000 government services would be digitized and made accessible on the E-Citizen platform, to enhance service delivery, increase revenue collection, promote transparency and eliminate corruption.”
“Today, that pledge has become a reality as the President unveils the digitized e-Citizen services, the GavaMkononi App, and Gava Express,” he added.
The Gavamkononi app, is an application that will help all citizen access government services at the comfort of their phones.
The statement read,”To make access to these services easier and in consideration of the fact that majority of users are likely to access them on smartphones, a phone-based app, GavaMkononi, has been successfully developed.”
The Gava express app, is an application modelled to function as the physical huduma centers in different parts of the country.
The statement read,”Unlike Huduma Centers that are primarily based in county headquarters, Gava Express will provide services at the grassroots. Gava Express will be driven in partnership with the private sector and targets the establishment of over 300,000 outlets.”
Notably, The e- citizen services include; NTSA (Provisional Driving License), Business Registration Services, Police Clearance / Certificate of Good Conduct, Civil Registration Services (Marriage), Foreign Nationals Initial Registration, Directorate of Immigration Services, Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Revenue Authority, HELB, and MSMEs (Hustler Fund).
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