The government will cut budget approval for all ministries that will fail to post tender details on the government portal.
Taking to Twitter, State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita further issued a stern warning saying that the non-compliant ones will face serious administrative action.
“Great progress made on improving transparency on procurement. All ministries & state corporations who are yet to comply with the executive order on the publication of tenders on tenders.go.ke will face serious administrative action including budget cuts,” he said.
The number of tenders by State corporations and agencies published online in line with a presidential directive has increased by nearly three and a half times since last September.
The online portal, which was established in July 2018, listed 15,519 tenders worth Sh102.28 billion that were awarded to 7,876 registered suppliers.
This represents a 340.29 percent increase compared with the 2,566 tenders worth Sh23.23 billion listed in September.
On January this year, Deputy President William Ruto directed the Treasury to submit a list of all public bodies who have defied the government order on tender disclosure to the Head of Public Service within 30 days.
The executive order on the publication of tenders was issued in September 2018.
The directive required all State Corporations and Ministerial Departments to disclose their procurement dealings publicly under the Treasury managed portal, this is a view to rooting out graft through procurement which has over time grown to represent a major gateway to the loss of State funds.