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How Kenya can achieve revenue and growth objectives

KRA Commissioner General John Njiraini(L) addresses a press conference at Times Tower, Nairobi on Tuesday 19/07/16 over car registration.PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO

Two reports released last week are a clear demonstration that the Government needs to re-engineer the way it raises taxes, borrows money and finances its operations.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report showed that only a third of the Government’s development projects were implemented last year. Although this low expenditure was, ostensibly, driven by even lower absorption of foreign financed projects, there is reason to believe that the challenges Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) faced in meeting its collection target also played a part.

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