Nairobi, May 6 -- The fee for accessing eCitizen services will double to Sh100 in changes that will see the charge based on cost of service and look set to make thousands of government services costlier.

Kenyans will now pay Sh100 as 'convenience fee' for all services costing over Sh100,000 while those priced between Sh10,000-Sh99,999 will attract a fee of Sh70. Currently, the charge is a flat rate of Sh50.

Doubling of the fee will add to the cost of accessing at least 30,000 government services on eCitizen but hand a windfall to the government in its quest for more revenue collections.

The push to double the fee is part of regulations that the State is banking on to anchor the convenience charge in law, a year after the High Court dec...