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Fall in Kenya's tax revenue hits county budgets

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich at a past function (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The government is planning to lower county governments budget to Sh248 billion from Sh302 billion approved in June last year.

Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said the decision which will see the budgets slashed by Sh18 billion is informed by a fall in tax revenue last for the 2017/18 financial year.

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