Embu County targets Sh900 million from local revenue sources

Embu County Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee chairman Robert Ireri (right seated) with some of his colleagues after they were sworn into office on September 5, 2017 (Joseph Muchiri, Standard)

The county government has set a revenue target of Sh900 million to supplement the allocation from the national government in a bid to spur economic growth.

The devolved unit currently collects about Sh500 million annually and will thus have to raise an additional Sh400 million locally to meet the ambitious target.