[kictanet] KRA's radical plan to catch tax cheats

[Walubengo J]

Good strategy from KRA...
Big problem for Citizen data/Data Privacy.
As a country, we should first enact the Data Protection Act before trying to force Safarcom to share data that does not legally belong to them.  
Otherwise soon, KRA will want to know what you did with your credit card, medical insurance card, debit card etc - all with the good intention of raising our national tax revenue.

But remember, what the CBK governor told citizen 'Baba'?  Cant share client data without express permission from the data owner :-)  Safcom can - and if they follow international best practice - will likely do the same to KRA.
walu. 


      From: Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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Listers, KRA is targeting mobile money as part of the agency’s financial data gathering scheme that is meant to monitor businesses and individuals who are not paying their fair share of taxes.People familiar with the plan said the taxman is at an advanced stage of rolling out a number crunching mechanism that will use electronic data to suggest incomes of those using mobile money to pay bills and make purchases.Full article here: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/KRA-radical-plan-to-catch-tax-cheats/-/996/3196496/-/brq96h/-/index.html-- 
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