The Nairobi County Assembly’s ad hoc committee probing the decline in the city's revenue has sought a second extension to finalise its work.
Through its chairman Majority Leader Peter Imwatok, the committee said it is yet to finalise its work hence the need for an extension.
“Speaker, I beg your indulgence to request for the last time to allow the tabling of this report on the second Tuesday of April 2024,” he said.
The committee asked for 45 days to complete the task.
County Assembly Speaker Kennedy Ng’ondi granted the committee the extension, however, said it was the last one.
Imwatok further explained that the committee was almost done with its work but received crucial feedback from some parties who were summoned but failed to appear.
"The committee had received an email report from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) with a breakdown of its operations on the Nairobi Revenue System (NRS)," he said.
The legislator claimed that the Nairobi Revenue System (NRS) due to its complication could have made the City lose Sh2.9 billion in the last financial year.
“We found out that in the last two years, they had lost Sh2.9 billion in revenue collection. That is why they had emailed a huge document for our officials to download," Imwatok added.
Last year in November, the county assembly suggested the formation of an emergency committee consisting of 13 MCAs to delve into the intricacies of the revenue collection system
At the centre of the intended probe by the MCAs is the Nairobi Revenue System, which is the portal used by Nairobi to collect its revenue.
NRS was introduced to Nairobi County by the Kenya Revenue Authority during the tenure of the now-defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services.
NMS tenure expired in March 2022 but was extended for a further six months to September 2022.
After the expiry of the term of service in September, the taxman handed over the revenue collection function to Nairobi government.
However, KRA continued to collect revenue on behalf of the county.
