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Schedule 4 key to growing own source revenues

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. The Auditor-General should declare the collection of fees and levies from betting, casinos and other forms of gambling by the national government illegal.

Photo credit: Wachira mwangi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • A surprising number of officials, at both levels of government, seem blissfully unaware of Schedule 4 of the Constitution.
  • Betting, casinos and other forms of gambling are a county function. So too are gas and electricity reticulation and licensing of establishments that sell food to the public. Why does it all matter?
  • The licensing fees and levies from these functions clearly belong to counties.

A surprising number of officials, at both levels of government, seem blissfully unaware of Schedule 4 of the Constitution.

Betting, casinos and other forms of gambling are a county function. So too are gas and electricity reticulation, energy regulation and licensing of establishments that sell food to the public. Why does it all matter?