Migori County has conducted a one-week training for all revenue collectors on new technology to reduce fraudsters and increase on source revenue for the county.
Speaking during the exercise conducted in Uriri Sub County, Information Technology Expert David Ligawa said that the training marks the end of their training specializing in revenue collectors embracing new technology.
“The training marks the last day of our training, and our focus is to ensure the revenue collector embraces the new technology in revenue collection,” said Mr. Ligawa.
The IT expert revealed that the new technologies they were training with will be utilized by smartphones, Bluetooth printers, and the customer’s USSD code *483*440# for revenue payment.
David also noted that in each sub-county, 30 revenue officers will be deployed to help the county in digital revenue collection.
He also emphasized that the phones will only be used for revenue collection, installed with a tracker to monitor and ensure the safety of the phones.
The county aims to collect a billion shillings through new technology, compared to its current revenue of Sh600 million.
Tom Owour, Uriri Sub County Administrator, said that the training will curb fraudsters by giving the director of revenue the ability to monitor the collection of revenue.
“This training will curb fraudsters because of the new technology imposed, and the trackers will be effective for the director of revenue to monitor the collection,” said Owuor.
Lastly, the County Administrator also noted that revenue collection will see to it that all departments of the county run swiftly to help the Exchequer allocation.
By Beryl Akinyi
