Activists challenge KRA on burden of tax proof

Four activists led by Nakuru-based surgeon Magare Gikenyi, have filed a court case challenging how KRA pursues tax defaulters. [File, Standard]

Four activists led by Nakuru-based surgeon Magare Gikenyi have filed a court case challenging how the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) pursues tax defaulters.

In what they describe as a strategy built on falsehoods, Dr Magare, Philemon Abuga, Dishon Keroti, and Stanley Mageto argued in their High Court case that KRA should prove the amount a defaulter owes, rather than placing the burden on the taxpayer.