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KRA feels the heavy weight of government’s desperation for money

Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner General James Mburu. [File, Standard]

In the last three months, no government agency has been as busy as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration is fast running out of leg-room for borrowing, but with a sluggish economy it is also difficult to collect more taxes. As a result, KRA has been tasked to come up with a magical formula to keep the government machinery running.

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