Kumbe! Your eCitizen convenience is about to cost you serious coin — Treasury just hiked fees up to Ksh100, and Kenyans are NOT here for it.

The New Price Tag on Government Hustle

Sawa, listen up because this one hits different. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi just dropped a bombshell through the Public Finance Management (e-Citizen System Management) Regulations, 2026, and basically said: "Pole pole, we're charging you MORE to access YOUR government services." The flat Ksh50 fee that's been chilling since the platform started? Dead. Gone. Kaput.

Now we've got a tiered system that's honestly more confusing than understanding why Nairobi traffic moves backwards on Thursdays. Depending on what service you're after, you could be forking out anything from free to Ksh100. Aki, the audacity! Services costing over Ksh100,000 — like stamp duty, land transfers, title deeds, all that property mambo — will now charge you Ksh100 just to apply. That's on top of the actual service cost, bana.

What's wild is that this fee structure actually replaced a previous flat rate that the High Court ruled was straight-up illegal back in April. So Treasury looked at that court ruling and said "challenge accepted" — but with a twist.

Breaking Down the New Damage

Here's where it gets interesting (or frustrating, depending on your mood). Mid-range services — the ones between Ksh10,000 and Ksh99,999 — will cost you Ksh70. We're talking company registration, court filing fees, construction permits, business licenses, all that entrepreneur life stuff. Basically, if you're trying to legitimize your hustle through government channels, you're paying extra.

Then there's the Ksh50 bracket for services between Ksh500 and Ksh9,999. Passport applications? Ksh50. Driving license? Ksh50. Marriage certificates? You know the deal — Ksh50. These are the services most regular Kenyans actually use, and boom, fees just increased.

The silver lining? Services below Ksh99 are now free, including creating an eCitizen account and basic lookups. But let's be real — that's like saying your matatu ride is free but you're paying Ksh200 extra for the seat.

🗣️ What Kenya Is Saying

"Hii Treasury ni serous!" — Angry tweets flooding Twitter show Kenyans are genuinely exhausted. The consensus? We're already being taxed to oblivion; why squeeze us harder for accessing services we technically already paid for through tax money?

"Si hawa watu wenye akili?" — Business owners and property investors are particularly heated, with some calling out the timing when Kenya's economy is already tight. It's like the government is actively making it harder to do things legitimately.

💥 Why This Is Viral

• Kenyans feel attacked — these are services everyone needs
• It's seen as nickel-and-diming citizens when we're already broke
• The timing feels tone-deaf amid economic hardship
• People are questioning what happened to the "paperless government" vision

The Jukwaa Take: Treasury just proved that your convenience costs them, not the other way around — and they're billing you for their newfound creativity.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke