Panic at KRA after top bosses logged out of the system in the purge
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KRA top bosses in panic mode after being logged out of the system in the ongoing purge by Ruto's administration
KRA top bosses in panic mode after being logged out of the system in the ongoing purge by Ruto’s administration.
Anxiety has taken over the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), where top management-level staff changes are still being implemented in the wake of Commissioner-General James Githii Mburu’s departure.
The shake-up, which began with Mr. Mburu’s departure on Thursday, has spread to chief managers as new KRA Chairman Anthony Nganga Mwaura, an ally of President William Ruto, moves to appoint key employees who will direct the agenda of the Kenya Kwanza government.
KRA intends to raise Sh3 trillion by the end of the upcoming fiscal year.
According to Saturday Nation, several Deputy Commissioners were locked out of KRA’s operating system on Thursday night, effectively making them unable to perform their duties.
Another six KRA top bosses in procurement, intelligence and strategic operations, corporate support service, customs, and border control, and domestic taxes departments are said to have also had their system access de-activated, without any formal communication as to their fates.
At least 40 senior managers are said to have been affected. Mr. Mwaura, without detailing the extent of the shake-up, on Thursday said the board is committed to effecting far-reaching changes at the state agency.
“This is a total overhaul,” Mr. Mwaura told Saturday Nation.
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Some of the commissioners are said to have been on the radar of the Kenya Kwanza administration from the day Ruto was declared winner of the August 9 presidential election.
Even before he was sworn in, President Ruto met this group at his then-residence in Karen twice and issued a stern warning that it would not be business as usual.
After assuming office, Ruto is said to have met Mr. Mburu’s group twice at State House.
It has also emerged that some senior leaders in the Kenya Kwanza administration were uncomfortable with one of the commissioners, whom they claim was used by the previous administration to go after those who were accused of tax evasion, in a political witch-hunt.
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