Counties revenue Stories

Nakuru overtakes Kiambu to become Kenya’s second-largest county by GDP size
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 15, 2025

Nakuru now boasts a nominal Gross County Product (GCP) of Sh785.75 billion as of 2023, compared to Sh760.8 billion of Kiambu.

Tana River, Marsabit lead in Gross County Product growth, outpacing wealthier counties
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 16, 2025

In the same rankings, Nairobi County, the country’s economic hub, posted the fifth-highest growth at 6.1 per cent, largely supported by an expanding f...

KRA schedules 8-hour shutdown of customs management system for maintenance
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 11, 2025

The iCMS was designed to modernise Kenya's customs process, bringing greater efficiency to cargo clearance.

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...

Sh48.5 billion lying idle in county funds CBK account despite cash crunch in devolved governments
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

In particular, Kisii County has Sh3.46 billion sitting unused in its CRF account, with only about Sh6.8 million in its development fund.

KRA summons activist Morara Kebaso over alleged Sh186 million tax evasion
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 08, 2025

According to the Authority, Kebaso may have committed multiple tax-related offences in connection to alleged undeclared income and failure to meet tax...

New revenue formula to slash funding for 31 counties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 04, 2025

The proposal is currently being considered by the Senate, and the Council of Governors is scheduled to hold a meeting to decide its position on the fo...

Mombasa Governor rejects proposed revenue sharing formula
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jan 03, 2025

The governor said the formula would disproportionately harm urban and coastal counties, including Mombasa.

North eastern leaders plead with MPs not to pass ‘discriminative’ law on revenue formula
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 03, 2025

The new framework will dictate revenue sharing among the counties for five years, from 2025-26 to 2029-30.

Tough year ahead for Kenyans as KRA records Sh174 billion revenue shortfall
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 31, 2024

Revenue collection challenges have been attributed to underperformance in key tax categories, which has disrupted government operations.

KRA to undergo transformation with focus on professionalism, says new Board chair Muriithi
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 30, 2024

Muriithi also highlighted the importance of building stronger relationships with stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.

Controller of Budget report shows counties failed to meet set revenue targets
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 30, 2024

Nyakango advised county governments to adopt austerity measures to ensure that expenditures align with available resources.

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...

Counties get boost as Senate increases recurrent expenditure ceiling by Sh7.93 billion
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 18, 2024

The Senate has however reduced the recurrent expenditure ceiling for MCAs by Sh4.24 billion.

KRA fires 25 workers over graft, recovers Sh549 million in illicit wealth
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 16, 2024

To encourage whistleblowing, KRA said it introduced a reward system offering informers five per cent of the recovered tax, capped at Sh5 million per c...

Sh45 billion funding shortfall cripples development projects in counties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2024

The law mandates counties to allocate at least 30 per cent of their budgets to development expenditures.

Nairobi, Marsabit among top beneficiaries in Sh387bn county allocation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2024

After a lengthy back-and-forth, the two Houses agreed to allocate Sh387.42 billion, an increase of Sh2 billion from the Sh385 billion allocated in the...

Devolution undermined as counties prioritise salaries over development projects - Report
Amina Wako  |  Dec 10, 2024

Ten counties, including Nairobi, Kisii, and Uasin Gishu, did not report any development expenditure during the period under review.

Kenya Revenue Authority surpasses Sh1 trillion in revenue collection in five months
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2024

KRA announced that revenue for the first five months of the 2024/25 financial year, spanning July to November, totalled Sh1.005 trillion.

County assemblies warn of service disruptions after Sh4.2 billion budget cut
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 07, 2024

The reduction brings the total budget ceiling for the 47 county assemblies down from Sh40.6 billion in the previous financial year to Sh36.4 billion.

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