New Nairobi revenue system to be launched
By Alvin.Mwangi, October 31, 2022Nairobi County Government will soon start collecting revenue using a new electronic system known as Nairobi Pay.
Governor Johnson Sakaja said the system will be launched in a few weeks time.
“Growth is inevitable and we are now moving from the KRA Nairobi Revenue System because they have helped us build our capacity to our new platform Nairobi Pay that we shall launch soon,” he said.
He expressed confidence that the system will help his government raise revenue of up to Sh20 billion in the first year to provide resources to implement his intended development plan for Nairobi.
“We also need to increase our revenue. Currently we are at Sh8 billion and our target is Sh20 billion in the first year then increase it to Sh30 billion in the second year,” Sakaja (pictured) said.
The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), Kenya Revenue Authority and the Nairobi County government worked on the system since January last year. It was developed at a cost of Sh160 million.
Sakaja said he is hopeful that by next year, Nairobi will be ranked among the most improved in revenue collection.
KRA was appointed the principal county revenue collector on March 16, 2020 as part of the agreement in the deed of transfer of functions of the county to the national government. Several officers were also seconded by the national government to KRA to collect county revenue.