Treasury to launch DPMIS this year to track Sh2.48 trillion in partner funds
Key points
- National Treasury is building DPMIS (Development Partners Management Information System) for launch before the end of 2026.
- PS Chris Kiptoo, briefed Thursday, ordered data quality, timeliness, completeness and coverage, plus stronger reporting and validation.
- The existing Kenya Development Partner Funding and Accountability Platform: Sh2.48 trillion in commitments, 91 active partners, all 47 counties.
- Utilisation 48.92% of commitments disbursed; 313 approved projects; 229 mapped locations.
A new acronym is supposed to tell Nairobi who paid for what. The National Treasury’s Development Partners Management Information System is due before year-end, Eastleigh Voice reported after a Thursday briefing to Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo.
DPMIS is meant to show which partner is funding which project, where the money was promised and what has actually been disbursed — then turn that into “actionable intelligence,” Treasury said. Kiptoo told heads of department to put data quality, timeliness, completeness and coverage first, and to tighten how partner numbers are reported and checked. The platform already live — the Kenya Development Partner Funding and Accountability Platform — lists Sh2.48 trillion in commitments (partners plus counterpart funds), 91 active partners (100 per cent of registered profiles), coverage of all 47 counties, 313 approved projects and 229 mapped locations. Only 48.92 per cent of those commitments have been disbursed. A half-empty utilisation rate is the story hiding under the launch date: the new system can be a dashboard or another shelf for stale pledges.
A portal is not a disbursement
Sh2.48 trillion on a screen with less than half spent is a coordination failure, not a software gap. Counties should see project-level drawdowns, not only a national percentage.
Finance desk: Finance. Verified DPMIS name, year-end target, Sh2.48 trillion and 48.92% from Eastleigh Voice / Treasury.
Treasury should publish the go-live month and who must file. Auditor-General should say whether DPMIS will be an audit source.
Partners still off the 91-name list should be named; a 100% “active” share of registered profiles can hide the unregistered.
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Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of the Treasury DPMIS briefing. Utilisation figures are from the current platform.
