The Kenya Revenue Authority is set to have a new commissioner general after it advertised for the position Tuesday.
The Authority says candidates who seek to replace John Njiraini have until the 26th of this month to apply for the position with successful candidate expected to be picked in June this year.
John Njiraini has been at the helm of KRA since March 2012 when he replaced Michael Waweru who retired from the post.
Prior to his appointment, Njiraini was in charge of the Domestic Tax Commissioner-Large Tax Payers Office.
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Njiraini’s rein at KRA has been a mixed bag of hits and misses.
He is credited with driving the uptake ICT at KRA which has seen tax collection jump from 963.8 billion shillings in the 2013/2014 financial year to the 1.44 trillion shillings the agency collected in 2017/18 fiscal year.
However, the taxman has perennially missed National Treasury’s targets, though collections has been growing by an average of 14 percent in the last 5 years.
The new commissioner general will be tasked with steering the taxman to grow collections to 2 trillion shillings in the year starting July and 2.3 trillion in the 2020-21 fiscal year under its corporate plan launched on January 16.
Under its corporate plan, the tax agency plans to grow taxpayer’s base to seven million by June 2021 from 4 million in June 2018 through use of intelligent ICT platforms such as iTax, the online tax filing system and the Integrated Customs Management System for real-time monitoring of goods at major border points.
Prospective candidates who seek to replace Njiraini have until the 26th of this month to apply for the position with successful candidate expected to be picked in June this year.
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