KRA hunts for 600 tax cheats as it seeks to recover Sh15b

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Deputy Commissioner in charge of Research, Knowledge Management and Corporate Planning Joseline Ogai (right) with Deputy Commissioner Corporate Policy Maurice Oray during a press briefing on KRA's revenue performance in the last financial year in Nairobi yesterday. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) expects to charge 600 suspected tax cheats in the next 12 months as it moves to recover lost revenue.

Consequently, the taxman hopes to recover Sh15 billion, mostly through plea bargaining, where the suspects agree to pay the money in exchange for amnesty.