The Kwale County Government has taken a significant step towards modernizing revenue collection by introducing a digital revenue management system (RMS).
Countries are increasingly automating their revenue management processes to generate adequate revenues that can sustain their administrative and development obligations to the citizens, which currently cannot be met by the fiscal transfers from the national government.
This initiative aims to simplify the payment of business licenses, land rates, and other county charges to cashless making the process more efficient and convenient for residents.
Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani says that the digitalization of the revenue collection in the county will not only ease the burden for the business owners but also boost the county economy through the business charges. "For many years, businesspeople and landowners in Kwale faced the challenge of traveling long distances to the county headquarters in Kwale town to pay fees and obtain permits.
