Abstract: The primary purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of public tax collection funds for improved livelihoods of residents of Githunguri Sub-County in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study was based on the following variables: infrastructure development, healthcare, education support, and entrepreneurial development. The study adopted a descriptive survey method. The population under this study constituted project management committees from each of the four wards in Githunguri Sub County and tax administrators of County Government of Kiambu but who are attached in Githunguri Sub-County at the time of study, hence the researcher went for 15 tax administrators and 24 Project management committee members from the four wards as presented of Githunguri Sub-County, namely; Ikinu, Githinga, Ngewa and Komothai wards. This made a total of 39 members targeted whereby purposive sampling was employed to select respondents due to nature of the study. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and presented through percentages, means, standard deviations and frequencies. The information was presented by use of tables. This was done by tallying up responses, computing percentages of variations in response as well as describing and interpreting the data in line with the study objectives through use of SPSS.
Keywords: Budget deficit, Tax expenditures and Tax Incentives.
Title: Influence of Public Funds Utilization for Improvement of Livelihood of Residents of Githunguri Sub-County
Author: FREDRICK G. NGERE MUCHAI, DR. A. KAGIRI
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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