Sonko’s tenure beats Kidero’s as Nairobi records 3.8 billion revenue rise

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Sonko’s governance of the country’s capital has turned out to bear good fruit as a recent revenue report has indicated a paradigm shift from the previous leadership.

The Nairobi County Government revenue has in the first quarter of the financial year 2018/2019 gone up to the tune of Sh3.88 billion according to the office of the Controller of Budget.

According to Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo, the new trend is a departure from the previous regime of Governor Evans Kidero where the collection of revenue was characterized by enormous challenges and a significant number of leaks that led to the collection of insufficient funds.

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Agnes Odhiambo

For the financial year under review, Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo says Nairobi County was allocated a total of Sh32.31 billion which comprises Sh21.47 billion that caters for recurrent expenditure and Sh10.84 billion assigned to development expenditure.

The rise in revenue for the period from July to December 2018 has been attributed from own source revenue streams, with the amount reflecting an increase of 19.9 per cent compared to Sh3.11 billion realised during the same period of the financial year 2017/18 and representing 25.5 per cent of the annual target.

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