Strathmore University-owned iLab Africa has thrown its hat into the ring among entities bidding to collect revenue for county governments in Kenya after a successful pilot in Kiambu county.
Strathmore University-owned iLab Africa has thrown its hat into the ring among entities bidding to collect revenue for county governments in Kenya after a successful pilot in Kiambu county.
The Standard reports so far iLab has been shortlisted for fur out of the ten bids it has put in in consortium with other companies, although no winners have yet been announced.
Counties in Kenya are reportedly losing a lot of revenue and iLab believes it has a system that will curb this.
iLab’s business development manager Tirus Wanyoike said its consortium had been collecting revenue in Gatundu North and South.
“Many firms are offering receipting solutions in the expectation that this will increase transparency. The challenge with this is that you get an alternate payment collection method that does not increase your revenue collection. There are instances where parking attendants will have duplicate receipt book,” said Wanyoike.
“The main issue is the process that takes place after county residents and businesses have made their payments. The system should be able to track the money to the last person and be reflected into the system, allowing the county’s senior personnel to monitor collections.”
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