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KRA targets the rich and oil explorers in search for revenues

By Dominic Omondi | 4yrs ago

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner-General James Githii Mburu during a press conference in Nairobi on September 17, 2019. [David Njaaga,Standard]

The Government will go after wealthy individuals and oil explorers in its quest to increase tax revenue.

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