Nairobi, Feb. 9 -- The Tourism Fund has engaged a debt recovery agency to pursue outstanding levy arrears as it steps up enforcement and seeks to seal revenue leakages that have accumulated over years, including during the Covid-19 period.

The debt is in excess of Sh1billion even though the Fund declined to disclose the exact amount.

Tourism Fund Board of Trustees chairperson Samson Some said the move is part of a broader strategy to separate current compliance from historical debts, some of which involve defunct businesses and government institutions: "We have engaged a third party in areas of collection and there is a tremendous response to that," Mr Some said in an interview.

He added that the board has prioritised near-full complia...