The ongoing stalemate on county revenue allocation is definitely a big blow to the smooth running of the devolved units. Notably, this is not the first time the beginning of a financial year is marked by a revenue allocation standoff. Last year, county government bosses matched to the Supreme Court over yet another revenue allocation standoff. An important step of bringing this to fruition is streamlining county revenue collection mechanisms. There is so much our counties can borrow from KRA given that the taxman has been in the business of revenue collection for long.

Source: The Star August 23, 2020 21:01 UTC