This archive report was first published on 17 August 2019.
On August 17, 2019, National Treasury Principal Secretary Dr. Julius Muia emphasized the importance of automating revenue collection to prevent revenue losses.
Dr. Muia noted that in this digital age, manual tracking of taxes should be a thing of the past, as it encourages a lack of integrity and corruption.
He attributed the failure of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to meet set revenue targets to the lack of a technology-driven system to manage all sectors of the economy, which hinders real-time information and expeditious interventions.
Dr. Muia urged all eligible taxpayers to ensure they pay up taxes, stating that if all revenue due to the government was effectively collected, the ballooning public debt could not have arisen.
During a courtesy call by United States of America Deputy Economic Counselor in Kenya Mr. Christian De Angelis, Dr. Muia appreciated the longstanding warm working relations between Kenya and the United States and the development support the US continues to lend Kenya.
Mr. Angelis assured the PS that the US will continue supporting the government to attain economic stability.
