The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a major milestone in customs tax collection, according to a statement released on October 8, 2025.
The month of September has been identified as a peak collection period marked by high revenue inflows.
This comes out after a total of Sh85.146 billion was collected which surpassed the monthly target of Sh81.341 billion by a total of 3.806 billion which is seen as an improvement made by 104.7 percent.
Despite that the amount collected on September was also higher to the amount set on January of this year which was Sh82 .554 billion and as a result of such statistics a 18.8 percent year variance was made compared to the previous financial year .
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This notable achievement are as a result of strong collection that have been made in both trade and petroleum taxes
Trade on its own has recorded a total of Sh51.7 billion which is in contrary with Sh50.7 billion which was a target therefore highlighting a 22.1 percent growth from the corresponding year hence resulting to a performance rate of 102.0 percent .
However on the other hand petroleum has recorded a performance rate of 109.2 percent by collecting a total of Sh33.408 billion which is opposed to the target of Sh30.602 billion.
With the establishment of a central release operation office, there have been major game changer as head verification officers know work on a central location thus they randomly allocate release stations to verify and clear goods.
Other than that this movement has minimized human contact by ensuring more objective cargo release decision and closing potential revenue loopholes.
