Narok county tops the counties in revenue collection for the financial year 2018/2019.
In the latest data collected by the Controller of Budget Office, Narok, Samburu and Isiolo Counties have emerged the top revenue collectors in the Own Source Revenue (OSR) collection.
The data, which was done in the first half of the year 2018/19 recorded an overall improvement with Narok topping the list at 74.1 percent, Samburu (68.7 percent) and Isiolo (57.8 percent), local media reports.
“During the reporting period, county governments generated a total of Ksh15.37 billion, which was 29.9 percent of the annual target.
“This was an increase of 54.5 percent compared to Ksh9.95 billion generated in a similar period of the financial year 2017/18, which was 18.1 percent of the annual revenue target” COB stated.
In the period of July-December 2018, Narok had a revenue collection of Ksh1.84 billion against a target of 2.48 billion, Samburu 174.4 million against 254.03 million and Isiolo87.25million against 150.86 million.
Narok county registered the highest number despite the challenge facing the residents.