Ndindi Nyoro Blasts William Ruto's Administration for Unrealistic Revenue Projection

 

Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro

Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro, who also chairs the Budget and Appropriations Committee, has blasted President William Ruto's administration for unrealistic revenue projections. Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro speaks at KICC on Wednesday, November 20.  

Why Ndindi Nyoro blasted govt Speaking on Wednesday, November 20, during the launch of public hearings for the 2025/26 financial year and medium-term budget at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nyoro claimed the government was underperforming in collecting revenue despite high taxes. 

"We keep making the same mistake all the time. For the last 10 years, our ordinary revenue has only been achieved 67% on average. If then you always have a shortfall between our targets and the actual revenue then do we always have to target higher," Nyoro stated. 

Nyoro accused the state of spending too much on recurrent expenditures at the expense of development. Treasury Principal Secretary (PS) Chris Kiptoo confirmed that the government missed revenue targets in July, August and September of the 2024/2025 financial year.

 "You will see that in July, KRA missed the target by KSh 35 billion; in August, it missed the target by KSh 25 billion. In September, which is normally a tax month, it made good progress and only missed the target by KSh 10 billion. In October, KRA raised KSh 208 billion, against a target of KSh 201 billion." How much did KRA collect last year?  

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected over KSh 2.4 trillion in the financial year ending June 30, 2024. The taxman attributed the 11.1% growth in tax revenue to tax base expansion, which saw the authority net KSh 24.62 billion. The increase in tax revenue was reciprocal across various tax heads, including PAYE, which collected KSh 543.186 billion. 

by  Japhet Ruto