All schools fees payment via the digital platform e-Citizen is now mandatory following tall orders from president William Ruto who has declared the plan as unstoppable.
During his speech on Wednesday, Ruto said that the digital platform of paybill 222222 is the only transparent and accountable way of ensuring school heads do not introduce illegal fees on parents.
Ruto made this declaration the same day when High Court in Nairobi halted temporarily the use of e-citizen in payment of school fees.
While addressing the same, the head of state insisted that the government is determined to ensure the digitisation of all government services offered to Kenyans.
He added that this new policy which requires school fees be paid through e-Citizen, is meant to help in eliminating illegal money charged by certain schools.
He added that the government realized that there are illegal levies charged by the Board of Management of Schools which are currently a burden to parents and the move is meant to reduce it .
The president also mentioned that the cash payments system is technical and often an avenue for corruption, and as a result , use of the new technology will eliminate it.

Education CS. Machogu and PS Belio Kipsang During KCSE 2023 results release at Moi Girls Eldoret.Image/ Courtesy
As a result, the president put it right that fir purposes of accountability and transparency and tracing of records e-citizen will be the mode of payment.
Latest decision that school fees be paid through e-citizen was first directed to all principals in National schools by the Basic Education principal secretary Belio Kipsang on January 31, 2024.
The directive through a circular demanded that principals were to submit bank accounts so that the parents could pay boarding fees through the government digital platform.