(Courtesy)Kisumu County loses millions of shillings in revenue to cartels in the licensing and revenue receipting departments every financial year. Two years ago, the county introduced Electronic Trade Licensing to collect revenue across the county. After automation of revenue collection by former Governor Jack Ranguma’s administration, revenue collection increased by about 12.5 per cent. Through the electronic system, the county realised an increase of Sh200 million in revenue collection from the initial Sh900 million to Sh1.1 billion a year. County secretary Olango Onudi said they want to implement a revenue collection system that would be cost effective to ensure transparency.

Source: Standard Digital February 10, 2018 08:48 UTC