Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has commenced the second half of the Financial Year2025/26 on a strong note, having collected Kshs 307.634 billion against atarget ofKshs 284.969 billion in December 2025, thereby surpassing the monthly revenuetarget.
The collection represents a performance rate of 108.0 per cent and a growthof 29.3per cent. Exchequer revenue amounted to Kshs 284.265 billion against atarget ofKshs 261.758 billion, recording a surplus of Kshs 22.507 billion. Exchequerrevenue achieved a performance rate of 108.6 per cent and grewby 30.1 percentcompared to the same period in the previous financial year.
During the month under review, Customs and Border Control collected Kshs85.927billion against a target of Kshs 83.008 billion, translating to a performancerateof103.5 per cent and a growth of 23.5 per cent, compared to Kshs 69.555billioncollected in December 2024. In addition to surpassing the target, Customs recordedthe highest monthly collection in KRA’s history in December 2025. The second-highest monthly collection was recorded in October 2025, when Customs collectedKshs 85.154 billion.
This historic performance is largely attributed to strong growth in oil taxes, whichgrewby 23.9 per cent and recorded a performance rate of 103.7 per cent. Thegrowthwas driven by above-target performance across several tax heads, includingVATonOil, Import Duty on Oil, Railway Development Levy (Oil), PetroleumDevelopmentLevy, Petroleum Regulatory Levy, and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund.
Non-oil taxes also performed strongly, recording a performance rate of 103.4percent and a growth of 23.4 per cent. This performance was largely supportedbya14.9 per cent growth in non-oil import values, among other contributing factors.
Meanwhile, Domestic Taxes collection amounted to Kshs 221.287 billioninDecember 2025 against a target of Kshs 201.593 billion, translatingtoaperformance rate of 109.8 per cent. Domestic Taxes revenue grewby 31.7percent, up from Kshs 168.057 billion collected in December 2024.
KRA remains optimistic about meeting the overall revenue target for the FinancialYear 2025/26, which stands at Kshs 2.968 trillion. This target representsarequired growth of 15.4 per cent over the Kshs 2.572 trillion collected inFinancial Year 2024/25.
The Authority appreciates compliant taxpayers for their continued contributiontowards strengthening Kenya’s economic sustainability through timely filingandpayment of their fair share of taxes.