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IMF calls for more tax collection to lower public debt

The Government has been told to ramp up taxes as a means to get out of its debt hole.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said that as part of fiscal consolidation, Kenya should focus more on mobilising taxes, which it said would be more effective than cutting expenditure.

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