Abstract:
Revenue collection is an effective way in which governments can develop their
economies. However, many developing countries like Kenya face challenges in their
revenue collection. County governments in Kenya loses millions of Shillings
through fraud and errors related to manual county revenue collection. The adoption
of automated revenue collection systems by some county governments in Kenya has
tremendously transformed revenue collection and improved service delivery. This
study focused on ascertaining the impact of adopting automated revenue collection
system and its effects on governance and service delivery in Kisumu County. The
project Automated revenue collection system is a License remission software for
collecting License fee and assist in generating reports within a county. The project
is developed in java, PHP, apache and SQL and mainly focuses on remittance of
license fee through a county’s website through filling a form in the “REMITT
LICENSE FEE” icon in the homepage of the county. New traders are expected to
register with the authority upon which their details are kept in the database and
relevant information about their business will be reflected once they log in to their
accounts. It is a windows application written for 32-bit /64-bit Windows operating
systems, designed to help county officials collect license fee much easier and
effectively towards realization of vision 2030. The system is easy to use for both
beginners and advanced users. It features a familiar and well thought out, an
attractive user interface, combined with strong searching, Insertion and reporting
capabilities. The report generation facility helps to get a good idea of the number of
traders within a county, their different business inclination and more importantly the
amount being collected per each fiscal year.
