1.7m Kenyans file tax returns

Kenya Revenue Authority has said 1.7 million Kenyans filed tax returns by the June 30 deadline, surpassing the targeted number of 1.2 million.

Speaking to journalists during the launch of an iTax support centre in Nyeri town on Thursday, KRA Director Evans Kakai said many Kenyans registered and filed their returns both online and manually.

“Our main objective was to register as many people as possible regardless of whether they are filing nil returns,” he said.

There was a long queue in Nyeri as people braved the chilly weather to submit their income documents Thursday.

Some of those interviewed said they were unable to file their returns online because the KRA system was not functioning.

But the KRA director dismissed the claims, saying “it is the Kenyan way of doing things at the last minute that jammed the system.”

(Editing by Beatrice Obwocha)