Humphrey Wattanga on growing tax revenue on back of Finance Bill withdrawal, Gen Z protests

KRA Commissioner-General Humphrey Wattanga.

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The impact of the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024 and economic uncertainty which followed the deadly youth-led protests against new and higher taxes saw Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) receipts slow to a decade low, in early months of the current financial year.

As a result, the taxman has intensified the use of various databases to pursue suspected tax cheats to enhance compliance amongst individuals and firms in the tax net.

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