Rotich wants taxman to collect revenue for counties in new plan

Parking Services Director Frederick Ndunyu oversees a clamp down operation along City Hall Way in Nairobi. Nairobi County earns about Sh2 million daily from parking revenue. [File: Standard]

The taxman could soon start collecting taxes for counties as Treasury seeks to grow counties’ own source revenue from the current Sh32 billion to Sh120 billion.

Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu, Narok, Nakuru, Kisumu, Machakos and Nyeri are some of the counties the Treasury has proposed to hand over their revenue generation function to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to improve tax administration.