Nairobi revenue Stories

Nairobi County's revenue figures questioned amid audit row
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 16, 2025

The external auditors told MPs that they are unable to verify whether the revenue declared by the county government is accurate.

Nairobi revenue surges to Sh4.8bn in first half of FY2024-25
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 22, 2025

October saw the highest monthly revenue at Sh933.2 million, a sharp increase from Sh526 million collected in October 2023.

Nairobi County's payroll system remains vulnerable to abuse, graft - CoB
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

The report indicates that the Sh159.41 million paid via the manual system highlights a significant vulnerability within the county's financial systems...

Building permits overtake parking fees as Nairobi's top revenue source
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 19, 2024

The new figures indicate that building permits now account for 22 per cent of the county's total revenue, amounting to Sh2.26 billion generated from i...

Sakaja stops using KRA to collect city revenue, announces new accounts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 02, 2024

In the last financial year, Nairobi City County marked a milestone as its own source revenue hit Sh12. 8 billion.

End of the road as City Hall enforces auctions, caveats for land rate defaulters
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 18, 2024

The action follows the expiration of the second waiver for land rate penalties and interest, which required owners to settle the principal.

City Hall repossesses 25 unpaid, grabbed loading zones in CBD 
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 11, 2024

The loading zones will be converted back into parking slots which will increase parking capacity in the CBD.

Nairobi's internal revenue collection hits Sh9.4bn despite falling short of target
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 10, 2024

In the last nine months, land rates recorded the highest collection of Sh2.6 billion, Single Business Permit (Sh1.8 billion), parking fees (Sh1.5 bill...

Sakaja announces 100 per cent waiver for land rate penalties, interests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 06, 2024

The county set a target of Sh7 billion for collection of land rates for the financial year 2023- 2024 falling short of its target by over Sh4.4 billio...

Sakaja deploys compliance teams across city to boost revenue collection 
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 17, 2024

The officers will visit business premises across the city to ensure that each of them has complied with the directive to obtain a Unified Business Per...

Nairobi collects Sh3.81 billion in revenue in six months
Ibrahim Omar  |  Feb 02, 2024

This is an increase from the Sh2.73 billion that the county collected during the same period in the previous financial year.

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