Telco,County lauch digital services tool
By Daniel Kituku
Safaricom in partnership with Makueni County government today launched the first MyMakueni App to digitise all county services.
This platform shall enable citizens access services from a single platform by push of a button.
The platform will help the county manage services such as revenue management systems, agriculture, health, utility bills and SME programs.
Governor Makueni Mutula Kilonzo Jnr said the App is a tool for leadership, inspiring citizens to be bold and visionary to embrace change for betterment of counties for themselves and future generations.
Mutula added that the App will ease access and payment of county services to the public saving them time visiting county offices .
Speaking at the Launch in Wote municipality , CEO Safaricom Peter Ndegwa said the App should be accessible to every Kenyan-right from the farmer to everyone seeking the service.
" We are delighted to partner with Makueni County as they become the first devolved unit in the country to provide all services on myCounty App . myCounty provides provides individuals and organisations with a single, convenient point where they can access, manage , and pay for all county services ," said Ndegwa .
The service will be available for all 47 counties as a smartphone App , Web portal and Short Code and will intergrate both current and upcoming services irrespective of the county's provider of choice, and lastly provide a management portal, " added Ndegwa .
In addition to County services the MyMakueni App shall have a " Sema Na Governor " feature that will enable residents to engage their Governor directly to report on issues affecting them and performance of county staff.
The App will also enable residents ask for emergency services as ambulance, fire, police and other services.
Safaricom company will host the service as part of the safaricom cloud , provide Big Data and Analytics solutions for the App users and digital recipients complete with electronic notifications. Other objectives of MyMakueni App are to bring the world to Wote, and take Wote to the world, ease land payments and building payments, process revenue collection, add visibility and reconciliation of payments, Support application forms in digitization and automation, enable citizen engagement with the governor and help one to explore Makueni in the tourism sector.
