Government agencies have been advised to use the official government paybill as of Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
President William Ruto said that the government has gone digital and all agencies should comply.
"From today all government agencies should use the government paybill manned by the National Treasury. All other paybills will be shut down and if there will be one operating after today!… let me not say beyond that, " he said at State House.
The President explained that it was for the purpose of efficiency to use one paybill so that no data is lost or grey areas.
In June, Ruto had directed that more than 1,000 Paybill numbers used for the collection of payments for government services be shut down within the next 90 days.
Speaking at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) when he unveiled the State's new digital services, President Ruto noted that Kenyans will only use the PayBill number, 222222, to pay for government services.
"There is a dedicated government pay channel, 222222. The expectation of the government is that all government revenue must now use the pay channel so that Treasury can have sight of every government service that is paid for," he said.
"I am going to be making an announcement here that in the next 90 days, all other pay bills must be shut down because we have a problem with some of the PayBills that we cannot account for. We have close to over 1,000 PayBills some of which we don't have sight of. They must now be closed."
He added that once payments are made through the channel, the Treasury will then remit the cash to respective ministries.
