Use technology to increase revenue targets

“Can you pay my bills? I don’t think you do. So you and me are through.” Destiny’s Child sang these words in 1999. The group was singing about a man whose days in a relationship are numbered because he no longer pays bills. Although they were meant for irresponsible men, these words also ring true in our 47 counties today. The striking health workers might as well sing this song to their governor.

County governments are often faced with genuine deficits that leave them between a rock and a hard place. Although they sometimes shoot themselves in the foot with expenditures like Bungoma’s infamous wheelbarrow purchase, practically all county governments are faced with rising bills and sub-optimal revenue.