How one man clinched Ksh.1 billion tender in 24 hours at KEMSA

By Elphas Lagat,

Members of Parliament were on Wednesday told how one man secured a Ksh.1 billion tender from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) in just 24 h...

January tax receipts down 6pc at Ksh.111.3B

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tax receipts across the month of January fell by six per cent to stand at Ksh.111.3 billion from Ksh.118.3 billion last year. This is according to ...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury , taxes

Kusow Ali, driver charged with smuggling sugar, milk worth Ksh.5M in taxes

By Citizen Reporter,

A businessman, Abdihakim Kusow Ali, and his driver were charged with smuggling over 60 tonnes of sugar and 3 tonnes of milk powder from Uganda amounti...

Latto milk , Mayuge Brown sugar

Drivers charged with smuggling ethanol worth Ksh.10.8M

By Citizen Reporter,

Two truck drivers have been separately charged with smuggling ethanol worth Ksh. 10.8 million and Ksh. 3.2 million respectively. They appeared befo...

ethanol

Two convicted in Kapenguria for smuggling sugar from Uganda

By Citizen Reporter,

Two suspects have been convicted in Kapenguria after they were found guilty of smuggling sugar from Uganda. Kapenguria Senior Principal Magistrate ...

illegal sugar imports

KRA waives all penalties to taxpayers disclosing hidden arrears in 2021

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will waive all penalties and interest to tax payers disclosing arrears in 2021 under its new voluntary tax disclosur...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , voluntary tax disclosure program (VTDP).

14 foreigners mainly from Eastern Europe face deportation from Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya is set to deport 14 foreigners mainly from Eastern Europe who are in the country illegally. Interior CS Fred Matiangi signed the deportation ...

deportation , gambling

Heroine and bhang concealed in buttons of dresses, kitenge cloth intercepted at JKIA

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Revenue Authority officers have intercepted concealed heroine and bhang that were being smuggled through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airpor...

heroine , KRA

KRA waives presumptive tax for new businesses

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has waived presumptive tax for new businesses in their first 24 months of operations as part of measures to simplify...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , presumptive tax

OPINION: Why more taxpayers are opting for ADR in resolving tax disputes

By Guest Writer,

By Paul Matuku In a quiet revolution against the traditional practice of enforcement, taxmen globally are now showing serious interest in find...

Alternative Dispute Resolution , KRA

Blow to KRA as tax revenue falls by 12 percent in July

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tax collected in the first month of the 2020/21 financial year declined by 12.1 percent to Ksh.94.5 billion from Ksh.107.5 billion last year. Accor...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Media barred from meeting where Matiang’i grilled over arrest of Senators

By Edwin Obuya,

Journalists were blocked from covering a session between Internal Security CS Fred Matiangi and the Senate security committee on Wednesday morning. ...

lelegwe , malala , Matiang’i

Senators now claim gov’t intimidating them over revenue formula

By Edwin Obuya,

Some Senators now claim they are being intimidated to support the government position on the contentious revenue sharing formula. The claims emanat...

Aaron Cheruiyot , revenue-sharing formula

KRA pays out a record Ksh.24 billion in VAT refunds

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) paid out a record Ksh.23.6 billion out of Ksh.36.1 billion in total VAT refund claims for the year ending June 30. ...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , VAT refunds

OPINION: Kenya’s transformation journey in tax administration is in the right direction 

By Guest Writer,

By Grace Wandera Several years ago, the one outstanding aspect that differentiated the public from the private sector was the level of customer...

HUDUMA CENTRE , KRA

Court directs Keroche to deposit Ksh.100M instead of Ksh.500M in battle with KRA

By Dzuya Walter,

A High Court order requiring Keroche Breweries Limited to pay Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Ksh.500 million as a condition to stop the taxman from rec...

Court of Appeal , COVID-19 , Keroche Breweries , KRA

Tax cheats granted 3-year grace period to declare correct taxes

By Philip Mwaniki,

Tax cheats have been granted a three-year grace period to disclose correct declarations and pay without facing any penalties, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani ...

tax cheats , tax evasion

Court rules KRA has legal power to search any premises and seize goods, documents

By Citizen Reporter,

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has legal power to search any premises and seize goods, documents or storage devi...

Court of Appeal , Dr Robert Ayisi , KRA

KRA orders mandatory COVID-19 screening for cargo truck drivers at border points

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Revenue Authority has directed that all cargo truck drivers and their crew undergo mandatory screening for coronavirus at border points. ...

coronavirus , kenyan truck drivers

KRA freezes Keroche Breweries accounts to recover Ksh.9B in taxes

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has now frozen bank accounts of Keroche Breweries Limited in a bid to recover alleged taxes amounting to Ksh.9 billi...

Kerecho Breweries