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Article

The Kenya Revenue Authority integrates digital platforms to automate customs verification, speed up VAT refunds, and curb tax evasion.

Capital FM Business Kenya Jul 31, 2026
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TL;DR

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is integrating its Integrated Customs Management System (iCMS) with the iTax platform to automate import and export verification.

Intelligence

Announced in a meeting with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), the digital reforms aim to widen the tax base rather than increasing the tax burden on existing compliant businesses.

KRA plans to slash eligible VAT refund processing times from several weeks to under 10 minutes, while KEPSA is lobbying to reduce tax dispute resolution times from 120 to 90 days.

This integration directly targets historical bottlenecks in East African trade, where manual import-export verifications have long facilitated smuggling and tax leakage.

For Nairobi tech founders and logistics startups, automating customs processes and accelerating VAT refunds from weeks to minutes will significantly unlock operational capital.

However, it also signals that the KRA is building a highly sophisticated digital net, leaving little room for informal operations that previously bypassed the iTax ecosystem.

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