The long walk to E-Citizen freedom

A screenshot of the eCitizen platform.

Photo credit: PHOTO | POOL

A few months ago, I needed to get something done on the Government of Kenya’s E-Citizen portal.

A few clicks here, some double clicks there, and an M-Pesa payment or two later, and the deed was done—all at, please pardon the cliché, the click of a button. I was reminded of the tortuous route that government agencies had to navigate to get here.

PAYE Tax Calculator

Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.