Caleb Amisi condemns Mbadi’s centralised procurement proposal
Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has launched criticism at Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, strongly denouncing the idea of implementing a centralised procurement system under the current administration.
In a statement shared on his official X account on Monday, August 25, 2025, Amisi claimed that Kenyans could not trust a centralised procurement system, adding that a minister has no authority to override parliamentary decisions and criticised the idea that a single individual could control document handling in procurement.
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According to Amisi, such a system would place excessive control in the hands of a single authority, one individual effectively plucking documents and making procurement decisions without sufficient oversight.
The vocal lawmaker also warned that such perceived arrogance would not go unchallenged, stating that those responsible would not survive what awaited them rudeness.
“CS Mbadi Kenyans can not trust a centralised system of procurement in a kleptomaniac regime. A minister has no power to veto parliamentary decisions. You want only one person to be plucking documents ????? You will not survive what awaits this rudeness,” Amisi said.
Mbadi on e-procurement
This comes after Mbadi directed all ministries, departments, and state agencies (MDAs) to fully embrace the eProcurement system, adding that the government can save Ksh 200 billion.
Speaking on the sidelines of ongoing budget preparations at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) on Monday, August 25, 2025, Mbadi accused some government officials of frustrating the digital system to revert to paper-based procurement, which he argued was prone to manipulation and corruption.
Mbadi said the reforms were part of the government’s wider efforts to seal leakages, curb wastage, and restore fiscal discipline across both national and county governments.
“This e-procurement, you people must implement it; this resistance I am seeing, you people must stop it. You otherwise embrace the system and get going; otherwise, you will not procure,” he said.
E-procurement
On April 20, 2025, President William Ruto has stated that the government has transitioned all public procurements to an electronic platform.
“I concur with the sentiments expressed by fellow leaders—that the resources bestowed upon us as Kenyans must be utilised with utmost responsibility and integrity,” he said, addressing a crowd of residents and local officials.
“Public funds must be expended in a manner that is both open and traceable. It is for this reason that, in my address to the nation, I made two solemn commitments. Firstly, I announced that starting from April this year, all procurement processes undertaken by government entities would henceforth be conducted through an electronic platform—e-procurement—so as to ensure complete transparency in the acquisition of public goods and services.”
