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

• Revenue & Budget
• Expenditure & Cash Office
• Book Keeping
• Stores
• Planning
• Statistics
• Population Office