NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has adopted new measures to drive up revenue collection.
This was disclosed yesterday by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga during a Joint National Executive Retreat and Parliamentary Group consultative meeting in Naivasha.
Some of the measures adopted to raise funds include leveraging technology, tax base expansion, and driving compliance, Wattanga stated.
The taxman has previously come under criticism from various quotas over its handling of tax collection, especially at Kenya’s key entry points such as Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
“Not only is it possible to be efficient and effective while being courteous and considerate, it is the only way to serve tax payers,” President Ruto said during the KRA Tax Day in Mombasa County in November last year.
KRA has been on an aggressive tax collection mission as it seeks to raise a target of Sh2.768 trillion by the end of the 2023–24 financial year.
