Governments across the world no longer rely solely on taxes as a source of funds to meet their basic financial commitments. They come up with innovative ways to ease the burden on taxpayers. They seek to expand revenue beyond traditional taxes to alleviate public financial strain and fund development.
Data is a valuable resource that can be used to generate additional revenue. The State plans an e-Citizen data sale to boost revenue by building a marketplace to sell data collected through platforms such as e-Citizen and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
