Banks have blocked the push by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to integrate its system with theirs amid fears that the taxman could access sensitive personal information like the flow of cash in accounts without guardrails.
The KRA wants access to the data systems of 38 banks in line with a quiet change to the law in December, which gives the taxman powers to compel a taxpayer to integrate its system with that of the authority in fresh efforts to weed out tax evaders and boost revenue by billions of shillings.
