Govt declares KRA offices countrywide protected areas, trespassers to be arrested, prosecuted ▷ Kenya News

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) headquarters at Times Tower on Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) and other offices countrywide are officially out of bound for unauthorised persons.

This is after the government declared the KRA offices protected areas, which simply means one can only go there with permission.

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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) headquarters and offices countrywide have been listed under the Protected Areas Order. Those found loitering around to be arrested. Photo: Mediamax.
Source: UGC

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Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i listed the KRA offices as protected areas in a gazette notice issued under the Protected Areas Order in July 2019.

“The areas, places or premises described in the schedule are declared to be protected areas for purposes of the Act (the Protected Areas Act).

No per­son shall be in the specified areas without permission of the prescribed authority or the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government,” the CS said in the gazette notice.

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According to the new order, persons found loitering in the KRA premises or trespassing will now be at risk of being jailed for two years, fined KSh 5000 or both if convicted.

The penalty will double to KSh 10,000 and jail term of five years for those found trespassing while lawfully in possession of firearms, ammunitions or explosives.

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People are equally prohibited from taking photos, drawing sketches of KRA premises or obtaining records or transit information about the premises without permission.

The KRA premises joined the list of several other protected areas in the country and these include Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), State House, military barracks, military ships, government mines, weapon factories, foreign embassies and others.

Source: Tuko.co.ke