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Tax collection: Mucheru backs KRA on data mining

CS Ministry of ICT Joe Mucheru during the unveiling of Connected 2018 partners in Nairobi on Thursday Sep 20, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The Government has started collating information held by service providers in a bid to give the Kenya Revenue Authority more reach in tax collection.

The ICT Ministry yesterday said existing laws gave KRA the leeway to access information held by service providers and other entities, including banks and telecommunications firms, in its quest to grow the tax base.

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