The government doubled taxes on petroleum products this year alongside other measures geared at collecting Sh214 billion more this financial year.
Humphrey Wattanga was immediately picked to lead the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in collecting the taxes as the commissioner-general. However, his agency is already missing its revenue collection targets after oil taxes, for instance, plunged by 8.6 percent to Sh71.7 billion in the first quarter to September from Sh78.5 billion at similar time last year despite the doubling of Value Added Tax (VAT) from eight to 16 percent from July.
