World Bank casts doubt on KRA’s quest for Sh1.8trn

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Kenya is unlikely to realise an ambitious Sh1.8 trillion revenue collection target, the World Bank has warned, citing an expanding informal sector and declining traditional tax-rich economic segments such as manufacturing.

As such the Bretton Woods institution is urging the Treasury to adjust its collection targets to conform with the prevailing economic realities or risk sinking the country further into a debt trap.

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