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Mbadi blames revenue shortfalls on KRA's outdated tax systems

By Graham Kajilwa | 1yr ago
Kenya Revenue Authority staff assists a client to file tax returns in Nyeri. [File, Standard]

The National Treasury and Economic Planning Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has laid bare the challenges facing revenue collection, saying that some of the taxman's systems are not working optimally.

The CS, who was speaking during the ongoing Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Summit 2024 in Nairobi, Monday, cited iTax and the iCMS (Integrated Customs Management System), as some of the systems that are either outdated or not working as they should.

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