County Government of Laikipia

Laikipia County has realized the highest revenue collection in the first half of 2021/2022 FY since devolution. During the period from 1st June to 31st December 2021, the county accumulated a total of almost Ksh. 400 million. The revenue department projects to hit the one billion target mark by end of this financial year.

So far, they have achieved 39% of their target which is good progress. The CEO Revenue Board Prudence Waithera points out that this is a great improvement compared to the previous years.

According to how we performed there is an improvement of 22.2% compared to the previous financial year - first the half which was estimated to have an increment of 11.4%

Since devolution, the revenue being realized is almost doubling as in the 2015/2016 FY revenue realized was Ksh 482, 151, 083 while in 2020/2021 there was a total of Ksh. 840, 396, 633 collected.

In 2018/2019, which has the second-highest revenue collection at Ksh 815 million, the first half-year collected stood at Ksh 285.7 million, indicating a 38.8% improvement compared to the current financial year 2021/2022.

Governor Ndiritu Muriithi termed it as "as excellent performance considering that it is at the backdrop of Covid-19." He is thankful to the Revenue Board and Laikipia residents for their cooperation towards the success of the County.

This incredible performance of continuous growth of OSR is credited to a continuous engagement with stakeholders, reforms within the County Public Service, and embracing Technology. There has also been a tangible translation of OSR to various developments within the County; infrastructure, improved health services, water for production among others.

Laikipians are motivated to pay taxes out of the fruits they are enjoying from the County Governments' work. In the past years it was hard to convince residents to pay taxes and business licenses since they felt their money will end up in specific individual's pockets.

The County Government of Laikipia has proven right its residents by utilizing their revenue in an accountable way. The government has put up an economic stimulus program in place to boost and revive businesses, which have suffered a major blow, brought about by the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic. There are development programs running across the whole county that vividly show the economic impact of the revenue accumulated, for example, the smart town initiative where towns like OlJabet, Rumuruti among others are enjoying.