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Kenyans, sophisticated tax system and peculiar habits
Taxpayers being assisted by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) staff to fill their tax returns at KRA iTax Support Centre in Nairobi Railways on June 30, 2020.
A few years ago, the chief executive of one of Kenya’s largest companies described Kenyans as having peculiar habits —a statement that rings true in both inspiring and confounding ways. It is our unique traits, for instance, that propelled mobile money to global success while similar systems elsewhere have struggled.
This same peculiarity is what makes us tear each other apart in social media debates but unites us in fierce patriotism when one of us faces external criticism. Just ask CNN. Truly, we are a peculiar lot.
