First Kenyan appointed to UN tax committee

The UN has appointed George Omondi Obell to the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax matters (ECOSOC), becoming the first Kenyan to hold such a position.

Mr Obell, a chief manager at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) international tax office, joins 24 other members from various countries across the world, who were appointed by the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres last month.