Executive Summary
The absence of real-time integrated information sharing, reporting, and controls of public service payroll data among the relevant institutions impedes efforts on wage crisis management in Kenya. Systemic challenges that face public service payroll management include ghost workers, falsification of documents, lack of multiple controls, and database manipulation. However, harnessing the capabilities of block-chain technology has the potential to prevent fraud and increase the effectiveness of payroll systems in public service by improving data security and