County Revenue Enhancement Automation Conference (CREAC) Conference Report 2018

• 28th Aug 2020
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• Thematic Area: Own Source Revenue

• Tags: Revenue automation , Revenue management , Revenue enhancement , Own source revenue , Revenue forecasting ,

This report summarizes the discussions and presentations of the CRAC Conference. The theme for the conference was 'Automation for Enhanced Revenue and Fiscal Responsibility'. The conference sought to provide a forum for benchmarking and experience sharing in order to afford the CRA, stakeholders and the county government officials the opportunity to; provide a platform to share case studies of their own revenue automation process; share the findings from the county revenue management system review program; Share the findings of the study on ‘county revenue analysis and revenue forecasting’; Create awareness and spark interest in the innovative use of data within government; Highlight and sensitize the County on the emerging cyber security risks; Share the importance of revenue administration, monitoring and control; To bring into focus the need for comprehensive continuous change management practices in the areas of People, Technology, Process and legal; Recognize and Award counties that have indicated highest growth in own source revenue through adoption of best practices. The conference observed that county governments have made great strides in mobilizing own sources of revenue and enhancing revenue administration through automation, but challenges still remain. To address these challenges, the conference concluded with fifteen action points as a way forward. Key among these is the recommendation of a centralized revenue management system which integrates all government departments. The Commission has formulated a clear road map for implementing the resolutions and will be reaching out to all stakeholders as it implements the recommendations. Participants were largely officials from the 47 counties with a representation from Governors, County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) of Finance and ICT, Directors of Revenue, Directors of Planning and Directors of ICT. Also present were Chairs of Budget and ICT Committees from various County Assemblies, National Government, devolution stakeholders' agencies and devolution support partners.

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