KRA uses AI for screening, intercepts ‘fishy’ cargo in first week of trial

A Kenya Revenue Authority cargo scanner at the Port of Mombasa on its way to the Lamu port on May 15, 2021. 

Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen shipments entering the country, in a move that could uncover a web of tax evaders.

Already, the taxman says it has made “some serious interceptions” based on AI cargo analysis in a week of trial use, hinting at the scale of interceptions it could unravel once fully deployed.

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