Kenya Revenue Authority's fast collection, sluggish refunds

The cliche goes that nothing in life is more certain than death and taxes. Well, nothing could be more painful than either of those two things, especially if you are a Kenyan.

Every time we have a conversation about taxes, it inevitably degenerates into an emotional diatribe about how much we pay in taxes versus how little the said taxes do for us. In fact, every time I sit in a forum with representatives of the Kenyan tax revenue agency, they tend to bear the brunt of any and all corruption-related conversations.