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43 counties fail to meet their revenue targets - Controller of Budget report

A footbridge on a tarmacked Lodwar-Kakuma road in Turkana County.

A footbridge on a tarmacked Lodwar-Kakuma road in Turkana County on July 5, 2022. The report on counties’ budget implementation shows that Turkana’s own-source revenue (OSR) performance was the best in the year to June, at 113.5 per cent.

Photo credit: Jared Nyataya | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • More than half of the counties collected less than 70 per cent of their projections.
  • The report on counties’ budget implementation shows that Turkana’s own-source revenue (OSR) performance was the best in the year to June, at 113.5 per cent.
  • Migori came in second with a performance of 110.5 per cent after collecting Sh387 million, up from its initial estimation of Sh350 million.

Only four counties surpassed their revenue targets in the financial year ended June 2022 as 10 others collected less than half of their initial targets, a report by Controller of Budget (COB) Margaret Nyakang’o has revealed.

The report on counties’ budget implementation shows that Turkana’s own-source revenue (OSR) performance was the best in the year to June, at 113.5 per cent.