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Ministry granted Chinese company Sh612m tax waiver

Kenya Revenue Authority acting Commissioner General Rispah Simiyu. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

ICT Ministry officials in the former President Uhuru Kenyatta government granted a Sh612 million tax waiver to a Chinese firm despite the rule that agency tax cannot be abandoned, a tax agency boss has revealed. Chinese telecom giant Huawei was given a tender in 2019 to deliver a data centre, smart city and surveillance project in Kenya for Sh17.5 billion ($172.7 million).

The Konza Technology City development project was conceived by the ICT Ministry and Huawei to include a cloud data centre, smart ICT network, smart traffic solution, and a State cloud and enterprise service.

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