State links e-procurement to KRA system to nab tax cheats

KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga. 

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The new public procurement framework has granted the taxman a view of all payments, cornering rogue suppliers who have been dodging taxes after earning from the government.

Starting July 2025, the electronic government procurement (e-GP) integrated public procurement details with the Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) iTax system, allowing individuals and companies to update tax details, file returns and register payments.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.