The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has kicked off the second half of the 2025/26 Financial Year on a strong footing after exceeding its revenue target for December 2025. The tax authority collected Kshs 307.634 billion during the month, outperforming the target of Kshs 285.0 billion.
This translated to a performance rate of 108.0% and represented a 29.3% year-on-year growth. Exchequer revenue stood at Kshs 284.2 billion against a target of Kshs 261.8 billion, generating a surplus of Kshs 22.507 billion. Exchequer collections recorded a performance rate of 108.6% and expanded by 30.1% compared to the same month in the previous financial year.
Customs and Border Control also posted a strong performance, collecting Kshs 85.9 billion against a target of Kshs 83.0 billion, achieving a performance rate of 103.5%. This marked a 23.5% increase from the Kshs 69.6 billion collected in December 2024. Notably, December 2025 registered the highest monthly Customs collection in KRA’s history, surpassing the previous record of Kshs 85.2 billion achieved in October 2025.
The exceptional Customs performance was largely driven by robust growth in oil-related taxes, which rose by 23.9% and achieved a performance rate of 103.7%. This was supported by strong collections across several tax streams, including VAT on Oil, Import Duty on Oil, Railway Development Levy (Oil), Petroleum Development Levy, Petroleum Regulatory Levy, and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund.
Non-oil taxes also delivered solid results, recording a performance rate of 103.4% and growing by 23.4%. This outcome was mainly underpinned by a 14.9% increase in non-oil import values, alongside other supportive factors.
Meanwhile, Domestic Taxes generated Kshs 221.3 billion in December 2025, exceeding the target of Kshs 201.6 billion and posting a performance rate of 109.8%. Domestic revenue grew by 31.7%, up from Kshs 168.1 billion collected in December 2024.
Looking ahead, KRA remains confident of attaining its full-year revenue target of Kshs 2.9 trillion for the 2025/26 Financial Year. The target implies a required growth of 15.4% compared to the Kshs 2.6 trillion collected in FY 2024/25.
The Authority has commended compliant taxpayers for their continued support, noting that timely filing and payment of taxes remain critical to strengthening Kenya’s economic stability.
