Taxman banks on mobile verification in fake stamps war

Times Tower in Nairobi, the Kenya Revenue Authority headquarters. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has urged consumers to verify the validity of excise duty stamps on products using smartphones, as the taxman seeks to discourage the use of fakes that deny it billions of shillings in revenue.

The taxman has launched a new mobile phone app dubbed Soma Label that will scan and verify the new generation excise stamps it unveiled recently, targeting counterfeit products such as wines, spirits and tobacco products.

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