New Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board of Directors Chairman Ndiritu Muriithi has vowed to transform the authority into a professional, fair and customer-oriented body.
Speaking during his swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court Building in Nairobi, Muriithi said he will steer KRA to become trustworthy, ethical and innovative tax-collecting entity.
The former Laikipia Governor pledged to work with other board members to ensure KRA realizes its full potential by providing thorough governance, oversight and accountability.
“We are seeking to be trustworthy. We want our clients to be able to trust us. For us to get there, we have to be very ethical in the way we perform our duties; we have to perform them to the highest competency possible,” stated Muriithi.
He said the taxman will entrench strategic partnerships in the public and private sectors to formulate innovative solutions to encourage tax compliance and boost economic growth.
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“I think you know very well what you might expect, which is professionalism, fairness, and firmness, which is cornerstone of how we, as a board, will lead this organization.
“As an organization, we have to be helpful to our clients, we have to be innovative and, above all, we must simplify the way our clients pay taxes.”
The new KRA board chairman also encourages taxpayers in Kenya to take advantage of the just extended 2023-2024 Tax Amnesty Programme to settle all their pending tax obligations.
Muriithi has 33 years of professional and leadership experience in public and private sectors and served as Laikipia West MP from 2007 to 2013, Industrialization Assistant Minister and Governor of Laikipia County from 2017 to 2022.
He replaces Anthony Mwaura, who was reassigned by President William Ruto in the recent reshuffle that saw him go to head the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA).
Mwaura’s appointment was originally invalidated by the High Court in July 2024 over procedural irregularities despite a Nairobi court acquitting him of corruption charges.
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