Ouko unearths Sh17b hole at KRA as tax cash hidden

Auditor General Edward Ouko when he appeared before the Senate Public Accounts Committee. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Auditor General Edward Ouko has unearthed a Sh17 billion hole at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in collected taxes that were never handed over to the National Treasury.

Receipts from most revenue streams were grossly understated, according to the damning report of the audit covering 2016 but whose compilation was completed last November.