How KRA loses tax billions to investors, uniformed forces

Integrated Scanner Command Centre (ISCC) at KRA headquarters at the Times Towers, Nairobi. [ Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Massive tax breaks granted to various parties under the law, including foreign and local investors, the military, and the Kenya Police, force the taxman to forfeit billions of shillings in import duties and other taxes every year, official data shows.

The National Treasury in the past estimated that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) loses about Sh369.6 billion every year to cumulative tax exemptions and incentives.