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Inside KRA's elite paramilitary unit to nab traders dodging taxes

A section of the newly deployed Revenue Service Assistants (RSAs). [File, Standard]

The National Treasury has now revealed why the newly deployed operatives of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) received paramilitary training at one of the most prestigious military schools in Kenya before being dispatched to nab tax cheats.

KRA said recently the 1,406 personnel known as Revenue Service Assistants (RSAs) have been deployed across the country to boost tax compliance amid mounting concerns from a section of traders and businessmen.

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