Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has hit the ground running in the second half of the financial year 2025/26 after collecting Ksh307.634 billion ($2.4 billion) against a target of Ksh284.969 billion ($2.23 million) in December 2025, thereby surpassing the monthly revenue target.

A statement from KRA indicates that the collection represents a performance rate of 108.0 per cent and a growth of 29.3 per cent. Exchequer revenue amounted to Ksh284.265 billion against a target of Ksh261.758 billion, recording a surplus of Ksh22.507 billion.

Exchequer revenue achieved a performance rate of 108.6 per cent and grew by 30.1 per cent compared to the same period in the previous financial year.

“During the month under review, Customs and Border Control collected Ksh85.927 billion against a target of Ksh83.008 billion, translating to a performance rate of 103.5 per cent and a growth of 23.5 per cent, compared to Ksh69.555 billion collected in December 2024,” the statement in part read.

In addition to surpassing the target, customs recorded the highest monthly collection in KRA’s history in December 2025. The second highest monthly collection; Ksh85.154 billion was recorded in October 2025.

This historic performance is largely attributed to strong growth in oil taxes, which grew by 23.9 per cent and recorded a performance rate of 103.7 per cent.

The growth was driven by above-target performance across several tax heads, including VAT on Oil, Import Duty on Oil, Railway Development Levy (Oil), Petroleum Development Levy, Petroleum Regulatory Levy and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund.

Non-oil taxes also performed strongly, recording a performance rate of 103.4 per cent and a growth of 23.4 per cent. This performance was largely supported by a 14.9 per cent growth in non-oil import values, among other contributing factors.

Meanwhile, domestic taxes collection amounted to Ksh221.287 billion in December 2025 against a target of Ksh201.593 billion, translating to a performance rate of 109.8 per cent.

Domestic taxes revenue grew by 31.7 per cent, up from Ksh168.057 billion collected in December 2024.

“KRA remains optimistic about meeting the overall revenue target for the financial year 2025/26, which stands at Ksh2.968 trillion,” the statement said.

It added that this target represents a required growth of 15.4 per cent over the Ksh2.572 trillion collected in financial year 2024/25.

The authority appreciated compliant taxpayers for their continued contribution towards strengthening Kenya’s economic sustainability through timely filing and payment of their fair share of taxes.

(Exchange rate 1$ = Ksh129)

• A Tell Media / KNA report / By Joseph Ng’ang’a