The government has announced that Kenya now collects up to Ksh1 billion daily through the eCitizen digital platform, subsequently attaining the Ruto regime’s preset daily revenue target.
In a press briefing at KICC on Monday, February 9, 2026, the Government Spokesperson, Isaac Mwaura, revealed the figure while explaining the benefits of the country’s digitisation of services.
“For the record, because of the digital superpower and creative economy pillar, we are now getting more money through eCitizen,” began Mwaura, before adding that “at times, we are even able to make a billion shillings a day.”
Justifying the large sum, Mwaura explained that integrating more than 23,000 government services onto the eCitizen platform had significantly reduced revenue leakage, improved transparency, and streamlined payment collection.
According to Mwaura, funds previously lost to manual transactions, middlemen, and systemic corruption were now centrally managed, enabling the state to optimise revenue generation.
In addition, Mwaura claimed that the digitisation of revenue collection was among the government’s efforts to tackle graft in public institutions.
He went on to confirm that CEOs and chairpersons of government institutions implicated in corruption allegations had been relieved of their duties pending investigations.
Since its expansion in 2023, the eCitizen platform has evolved into a one-stop portal for accessing essential government services, including passport applications, business permits, land searches, and tax payments.
The platform’s growth has positioned Kenya as a regional model for digital governance, with other African nations benchmarking its approach to service automation and accountability.
In the 2023/2024 financial year, revenue collections increased by Ksh100.8 billion to a total of Ksh400 billion, as more government services joined the platform.
The onboarding of 18,000 services in 2024 made Kenya the first country to have so many government services online.
As one of the best revenue collectors in Kenya, eCitizen is today part of any Kenyan’s interaction with government services.
