The National Treasury has made a fresh attempt to access personal data details without a court's warrant, as part of its wider objective of expanding the tax base by monitoring transactions of businesses by linking with their systems.
In its latest revenue-raising legislation, the Treasury proposes to amend the Tax Procedures Act, 2024 by deleting the provision that prohibits the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) from accessing sensitive information when integrating with businesses to give it real-time transactional data. The proposal is contained in the Finance Bill, 2025.
