Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign
KRA boss, Githii Mburu was forced to resign as a result of an unfriendly working environment under the Ruto administration
KRA boss, Githii Mburu was forced to resign as a result of an unfriendly working environment under the Ruto administration.
In the midst of a new shake-up of the Kenya Revenue Authority, an antagonistic new administration and a board led by an assertive chairman drove Githii Mburu to terminate his new five-year term early.
The KRA board replaced three of the seven managers on the agency’s senior executive team after Mr. Mburu opted to leave on Thursday, less than eight months into his new tenure.
President William Ruto has never been silent about his disgust with the KRA’s prior harsh crackdown on the wealthy in an effort to recoup unpaid taxes and boost national income.
During his campaigns for the August 9 election, Ruto claimed that his close allies were targeted for political persecution or were being intimidated so that they could abandon him.
According to sources close to former KRA boss, Githii Mburu, he chose to go rather than wait to be fired by a board that wanted the KRA’s activities to change course.
Also, he did not like the way the new chairman, Anthony Nganga Mwaura, operated the KRA.
Mwaura is a close friend of the President and is known in Kenyan business circles as the “Executive Chairman.”
Francis Muthaura, Mr. Mwaura’s predecessor, preferred to operate in the background, but Mr. Mwaura preferred to be out in the open.
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Francis Muthaura, Mr. Mwaura’s predecessor, preferred to operate in the background, but Mr. Mwaura preferred to be out in the open.
“The regime and the board were unfriendly. With changes in government, he actually wanted to leave. It has actually taken longer than was expected,” said a source close to Mr. Mburu who sought anonymity.
Mr. Mwaura was appointed chairman in November in changes that also saw the appointment of five new directors on January 12, leaving only State representatives.
He came into the limelight in 2020 when his companies, Hardi Enterprises, and Toddy Civil Engineering Company, were implicated in a City Hall scandal for allegedly receiving irregular payments amounting to Sh102 million.
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