The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced the recruitment of eight deputy commissioners as the race to raise more revenues and nab seal tax loopholes gathers pace.
In a statement on Tuesday, the authority is seeking to hire individuals to work in various departments including Customs & Border Control, Corporate Support Services, Domestics Taxes, and Supply Chain Management.
Successful deputy commissioners will be posted in the Trade Facilitation, -Risk Management, revenue & regional coordination, information communication & technology, Human resource, East & South of Nairobi, tax service office, regional coordinator-Southern region, and supply chain management.
All interested applicants should make submissions before September 10, 2023. Information on the application is on the official KRA website.
KRA has been on a hiring spree over the last year as it builds capacity to net more taxes and nab cheats and evaders.
The responsibilities outlined for each role are in line with the authority's ambitious goal to increase tax revenues.
These are among the continued changes by the authority to ensure they align with the current regime's agenda.
In February, several senior managers were let go with only three commissioners retaining their jobs.
In the financial year 2022/2023, KRA surpassed its target of Ksh2 trillion and recorded a growth of 6.7 per cent compared to the previous financial year.
KRA has progressively increased revenue collection in the last five years from Ksh1.58 trillion in FY2018/2019 to Ksh 2.166 trillion in FY2022/23, representing a growth of 37 per cent (Ksh586.259 billion).
President William Ruto earlier expressed confidence that the taxman can collect Ksh3 trillion by enforcing a better policy that guarantees everyone pays taxes.
This is in line with the government's plan to cut borrowing and raise enough local revenues.
