The Kenya Revenue Authority surpassed its collection target in December 2025, mainly in customs collection, as a result of an exponential rise in oil taxation.
This was after the taxman collected Sh 307.634 billion against a target of Sh 284.969 billion, representing a performance rate of 108.0 per cent and a growth of 29.3 per cent.
“This historic performance is largely attributed to strong growth in oil taxes, which grew by 23.9 per cent and recorded a performance rate of 103.7 per cent,” the taxman says.
In the same month, Customs recorded the highest monthly collection in KRA’s history, bringing in Sh 85.927 billion against a target of Sh 83.008 billion.
“The growth was driven by above-target performance across several tax heads, including VAT on Oil, Import Duty on Oil, Railway Development Levy (Oil), Petroleum Development Levy, Petroleum Regulatory Levy, and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund,” KRA explains.
This represents a growth of 23.5 per cent, compared to Sh 69.555 billion collected by the tax collector in December 2024.