Ndiritu Muriithi Sworn In As KRA Chairperson
Ndiritu Muriithi, the previous Governor of Laikipia County, has been sworn in as the brand new Chairperson of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) following an appointment by President William Ruto.
Ndiritu, an economist, is changing Anthony Mwaura, who was moved by President Ruto. The swearing-in occurred on the Supreme Court premises attended by officers from KRA and the Judiciary.
Muriithi is taking up the helm of KRA at a time when the Authority has been performing above targets by way of income assortment. For occasion, KRA hit the one trillion mark after accumulating Kshs 1.005 Trillion as of 30th November 2024 reflecting an upward trajectory in income assortment, in comparison with the earlier monetary 12 months (2023/2024), when the Authority achieved the identical milestone on the 7th December 2023 with Kshs 1.009 Trillion.
Notably, income collected within the final 5 months (July – November 2024/25) amounting to Kshs 1,005.183 Billion displays a progress of 4.3% in comparison with Kshs 963.746 Billion collected in the identical interval final monetary 12 months.
He additionally is available in at a time when KRA has declared struggle on corruption amongst workers, promising to make income assortment seamless and pleasant for Kenyans. In the primary quarter of the 2024/2025 monetary 12 months (July-September), KRA issued a complete of 84 verdicts sanctioning workers for varied misconducts, in comparison with simply 37 verdicts throughout the identical interval in FY 2023/2024. This represents a big enhance in disciplinary actions, underscoring the management’s firmer stance on corruption inside the group. Among these sanctions, Summary Dismissals rose sharply to 25 instances in Q1 of FY 2024/2025 from simply 7 in the identical interval final 12 months, reflecting KRA’s zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of corruption.
Additionally, the variety of Termination of Services instances dropped from eight in Q1 of FY 2023/24 to 3 in Q1 of FY 2024/25, whereas the mixed instances of Warning and Lifting of Interdiction decreased from seven to 4, indicating a extra targeted method in the direction of coping with misconduct.
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