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In Kenya, the Cabinet has approved comprehensive payroll reforms to address long-standing integrity issues in public service payrolls and ensure that statutory deductions are uniformly applied at source, Capital News reports.
The reforms come in the wake of a special audit of the 2024–2025 financial year, which revealed serious governance, integrity, and cybersecurity failures within the Government Human Resource Information System-Kenya (HRIS-K).
It reportedly exposed widespread payroll anomalies, including mismanagement of identity records, tax compliance issues, and irregular bank accounts.
The most significant issue flagged was that 720 system editors had altered more than 4.7 million payroll records without audit trails. This included instances of staff editing their own records.
In addition, the audit found financial irregularities, unauthorised payments, excessive salary arrears, weak disaster-recovery measures, and expired ICT licenses, all posing risks to public funds.
The Cabinet reportedly responded by approving a reform roadmap that includes mandatory security certification by March 11, 2026, forensic analytics to guide legal and disciplinary actions, a governance reset of HRIS-K, and full integration of a statutory deductions platform to enhance transparency and accountability across government payrolls.
Source: Capital News
In Kenya, the Cabinet has approved comprehensive payroll reforms to address long-standing integrity issues in public service payrolls and ensure that statutory deductions are uniformly applied at source, Capital News reports.
The reforms come in the wake of a special audit of the 2024–2025 financial year, which revealed serious governance, integrity, and cybersecurity failures within the Government Human Resource Information System-Kenya (HRIS-K).
It reportedly exposed widespread payroll anomalies, including mismanagement of identity records, tax compliance issues, and irregular bank accounts.
The most significant issue flagged was that 720 system editors had altered more than 4.7 million payroll records without audit trails. This included instances of staff editing their own records.
In addition, the audit found financial irregularities, unauthorised payments, excessive salary arrears, weak disaster-recovery measures, and expired ICT licenses, all posing risks to public funds.
The Cabinet reportedly responded by approving a reform roadmap that includes mandatory security certification by March 11, 2026, forensic analytics to guide legal and disciplinary actions, a governance reset of HRIS-K, and full integration of a statutory deductions platform to enhance transparency and accountability across government payrolls.
Source: Capital News
