KRA to now pay Swiss firm in shillings for excise stamps

Clients seek services at KRA headquarters in Nairobi on February 23, 2024. 

Photo credit: File | Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will now use Kenya shillings instead of euros to pay the Swiss-based excise duty stamps supplier Sicpa CA to shield itself from exchange rate losses.  

The change of settlement currency was reached in the financial year ended June 2024 after a Sh3.62 billion debt forced KRA to extend the expiry of the contract with Sicpa beyond the August 2024 that had been signed earlier.

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