Ruto now Eyes sh 1 Billion eCitizen Taxes Daily

Saturday, April 13, 2024 –Government is now eying a daily tax target of sh 1 billion from Kenyans through eCitizen alone.

The William Ruto-led administration has announced that its aim is to collect as much tax as possible through the digital platform dubbed eCitizen. This, it says, will strengthen internal fiscal resources so that to reduce over-reliance on foreign loans.

The new target will make sure that Kenya Revenue Authority KRA makes the income that will help stop the government from seeking support from overseas partners, all the time.

According to a statement released by government official Spokesman Isaac Mwaura on Saturday April 13, all government services will be delivered online and, as a result, increased revenues for the State.

“The government also hopes to raise the revenue generated from its services collected on the eCitizen digital platform to a daily average of Ksh1 billion during the same period,” Mwaura noted.

Mwaura’s announcement corroborating with President Willaim Ruto who has made it clear that reducing dependency on external funding by bolstering domestic revenue is the only sure way of reducing debt burden for the country.

This move has seen KRA fight hard to increase its tax collection bracket as well as come up with new strategies to broaden revenue collection.

And to make this possible, the Kenya Kwanza administration has revised service fees for almost all categories of services for Kenyans including Identity Card issuance fees as well as birth, death and passport costs.

President William Ruto has, in recent days, bore the brunt of different names from citizens who think he is hellbent more on collection of taxes than any other past administration in the country.