The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has removed 475 officials from approving applications for value added tax (VAT) and flagged 4,434 traders linked to a fraudulent scheme that has cost the State at least Sh2.5 billion monthly.
The dropped officials represent 74 percent of the team that handled VAT claims registration applications at the KRA, which means that only 170 officials out of the initial 645 now handle the task as the taxman seeks to tighten the noose on tax cheats.
