Finance & Planning

Strategic Objectives

To achieve the mission, the finance department focus on the following objectives

Coordinate of the preparation of council budget(s). To ensure that all resources are are realised and expended according to the approved work plans
Collect ion of local revenue from all approved sources to improve service delivery
Revenue mobilization to increase the volume of revenue without increasing costs of collection
Design and put in place best practices geared towards increased local revenue mobilization and accountability for all resources
Put in place new better ways in revenue collection and administration procedures
To evolve possible reviews in legal, administrative and policy framework for revenue enhancement to increase revenue collection
Disseminating educative information geared towards improvement in revenue mobilization
Cash flow management within the entire District
Budget implementation and control to strengthen commitment control of resources
Ensuring that periodic financial reports are prepared and submitted to the relevant sectors and line ministries
Safe guarding shall safe guard District Assets and financial records

Priorities of the Finance Department

To improve revenue collection at a minimal cost the department needs to procure a double cabin pick up for revenue mobilisation
Re-introduce Revenue Task Force & Enforcement team
Procure furniture for the head of finance’s office
Train more staff on computer practices
Procure better filling shelves for safe and proper data storage
Implement the IFMIS system
Improve accountability by display of releases
Increase local revenue collection by contracting revenue collections from property rates, markets, taxi parks among others
Introduce New areas and increase revenue collection
Better book keeping by increased mentoring of accounts staff

Key Activities

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