Why it is too early to celebrate KRA's 8.4pc tax revenue growth

KRA Commissioner General Humphrey Wattanga before the Finance and National Planning Committee at Parliament on October 24, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

On the day that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced a modest growth of 8.4 per cent in tax collection for quarter one of 2023/24 fiscal year, a 30-year run for a little-known private school in Nairobi's Eastlands area came to a close.

Eastend Junior Academy may have been unknown to most people nationally, but its permanent closure leaves nostalgic memories to residents of Tena estate and surrounding areas. The school has been iconic to the local community.