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Revenue Collection per County in Kenya

Financial Year 2017/2018

The aggregate annual own source revenue target for counties for FY 2017/18 was KES 49.22 billion compared to actual collection of KES 32.49 billion, which was 66 per cent of the target.

This was a slight decline compared to KES 32.52 billion generated in FY 2016/17 (which was 56.4 per cent of annual revenue target).

CountyRevenue TargetActual RevenuePercentage (%)
Baringo350,000,000301,404,37786.1
Bomet200,211,165181,375,34390.6
Bungoma865,554,992656,750,13975.9
Busia412,155,210176,294,58542.8
Elgeyo Marakwet160,291,113105,483,19565.8
Embu653,490,000416,111,59763.7
Garissa250,000,00086,687,56334.7
Homa Bay118,664,278106,939,46590.1
Isiolo182,861,337114,557,11662.6
Kajiado1,040,794,334682,162,55865.5
Kakamega774,571,849440,611,03156.9
Kericho554,641,236414,048,71074.7
Kiambu3,227,491,7711,693,708,23452.5
Kilifi929,663,257523,347,19056.3
Kirinyaga600,000,000343,970,32257.3
Kisii950,000,000256,284,85427.0
Kisumu1,148,685,296874,901,77576.2
Kitui579,158,072335,122,47757.9
Kwale275,000,000276,295,129100.5
Laikipia500,000,000413,328,18682.7
Lamu90,000,00055,286,68861.4
Machakos1,594,386,7151,063,726,78466.7
Makueni600,000,000319,282,23453.2
Mandera231,000,00061,813,29526.8
Marsabit130,000,00083,390,48064.1
Meru821,775,812441,690,93753.7
Migori200,000,000222,251,290111.1
Mombasa3,595,744,6813,159,156,33487.9
Murang'a850,000,000453,706,81853.4
Nairobi City17,229,008,92810,109,419,49458.7
Nakuru2,500,000,0002,278,646,06491.1
Nandi385,438,659197,886,88351.3
Narok2,483,456,2382,188,436,61588.1
Nyamira253,112,67696,617,04538.2
Nyandarua371,000,000318,585,59985.9
Nyeri1,000,000,000760,225,95176.0
Samburu301,230,000257,292,95785.4
Siaya270,000,000139,336,79851.6
Taita Taveta398,465,509193,595,79548.6
Tana River30,000,00056,625,198188.8
Tharaka Nithi179,915,283126,606,74270.4
Trans Nzoia400,000,000246,062,90261.5
Turkana200,000,000143,896,89871.9
Uasin Gishu850,000,000819,220,21196.4
Vihiga220,000,000143,530,75265.2
Wajir150,000,00067,608,47545.1
West Pokot111,245,62688,411,17779.5
Total49,219,014,03732,491,694,26166.0

From 1st July 2017 to 30th June 2018. Source: Controller of Budget Report 2017/18(External Link)

During the period under review, the counties that generated the highest amount of own source revenue were–

  • Nairobi City at KES 10.11 billion,
  • Mombasa at KES 3.16 billion, and
  • Nakuru at KES 2.28 billion.

Counties that generated the lowest amount were–

  • Lamu at KES 55.29 million,
  • Tana River at KES 56.63 million, and
  • Mandera at KES 61.82 million.

Analysis of own source revenue as a proportion of the annual revenue target indicates that three counties exceeded their targets, namely–

  • Tana River at 188.8 per cent,
  • Migori at 111.1 per cent, and
  • Kwale at 100.5 per cent.

Conversely, the counties that recorded the lowest proportion of own source revenue against annual targets were–

  • Garissa at 34.7 per cent,
  • Kisii at 27 per cent, and
  • Mandera at 26.8 per cent.