While it remains unclear what triggered Humphrey Wattanga’s mid-term exit from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the corner office at Times Tower, which he occupied for three years as commissioner-general, had clearly grown too cold for his comfort.
With an impeccable résumé built during his long stint in the private sector, Mr Wattanga’s tenure as tax czar was cut short as his progressive reforms ran into the cold, unbending wall of government bureaucracy, reinforced by a coterie of Treasury mandarins who call the shots at KRA, according to insiders.
