Housing levy defaulters face PIN, bank account freezes

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Principal Secretary for State Department of Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga.

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Workers, traders and employers risk bank account freezes, asset seizures and PIN deactivation as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) prepares to launch a crackdown on housing levy defaulters.

Changes to the law, which took effect on July 1, allow the KRA to enforce collection of unpaid levies through tough measures deployed on tax cheats and defaulters.

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