Nairobi, Oct. 19 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority board has resorted to reviewing the performance of senior managers every month to achieve nearly Sh1.71 trillion tax target this financial year ending June 2022.
Board chairman Francis Muthaura says the performance of commissioners, who were handed longer contracts last year than their predecessors, is now being monitored monthly under a performance-based management system.
"That has worked very well because there is a high degree of accountability, effort and continuous monitoring," he said.
"That way, we are able to tell which department is not performing and what needs to be done as a remedy."
Treasury secretary Ukur Yatani in August last year expanded the renewable contracts of KRA com...