The 47 County Governments have the potential to cumulatively generate Sh260 billion annually through own source revenue streams, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has claimed.
The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) Vice Chairman Commissioner Koitamet Ole Kina said that a 2022 study by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) found that counties could generate up to Sh260.6 billion annually from sources such as land rates, business permits, parking fees, and market charges.
Consequently, Commissioner Ole Kina advised the County governments to carry out comprehensive revenue mapping to identify their revenue streams and incomes towards increasing their own source revenue (OSR).
Ole Kina regretted that despite the counties having a huge potential for own source revenue, the devolved units continued to underperform due to inefficiencies in revenue collection, weak enforcement and unrealistic projections.
