Improve County Governments Capacity to Generate Own Income

The Kenya Kwanza government promised to improve county governments’ capacity to generate their own income and reduce their over-reliance on transfers from the national government.

On June 8th 2023, the KRA pledged to help Kisumu County collect Ksh 4 billion in its own source revenue collection potential.
Two Own Source Revenue Growth Conferences have been held so far, and county officials have been urged to take advantage of the insights to find new ways of generating income at the county level. Counties have also started preparing their revenue enhancement action plans.
The 2026 Budget Policy Statement reported that In FY 2024/25, County Governments collectively generated KSh 67.3 billion in Own Source Revenue (OSR) against an annual target of KSh 87.7 billion, representing a performance rate of 76.8 percent.

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Last updated: May 14, 2026 3:50 pm