Bomet County is hoping to hit a revenue collection target of Sh300m after adopting the e-pay automated system. “We have been facing challenges with our revenue collection, in the financial year 2019/20 our target was Sh 245 million but we managed Sh 211m. Kimutai however said improvement in revenue collection is likely to take longer as most businesses suffered from the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic“Improvements in terms of higher revenue collection is likely going to be seen in other years due to the impact of Corona on businesses,” said Kimutai. Governor Hillary Barchok who launched the system, said the county has been unable to meet its full potential of own-source revenue collection of Sh700 million annually. He said they have contracted Jambo Pay, the company that ran Nairobi’s eJijiPay online revenue collection for more than five years.

Source: The Star May 17, 2021 13:07 UTC