The government will introduce a fee on government and private-sector services offered at Huduma Centres in a move aimed making the centres self-sustaining, Public Secretary Moses Kuria has announced.
“We are going to introduce a fee for service, be it government and private sector services to support our e-commerce because Huduma Centres can be the backbone of our national e-commerce initiatives,” he said.
Since 2013 when the first Huduma centre was launched by former President Uhuru Kenyatta at the General Post Office in Nairobi, the centres, which stand at 52 currently, have been dependent on funding from the government. This is set to change.
“My first area in that endeavour is to ensure Huduma Centres do not depend on money from the Exchequer but we generate our own revenue. You have been enjoying this service for so long without paying for it. Now there will be no more free lunch. You have to pay for it,” Kuria said.
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