Yes, KRA domestic tax staff will be required to wear body cameras to curb tax cheating and staff bribery. - iVerify Kenya

Yes, KRA domestic tax staff will be required to wear body cameras to curb tax cheating and staff bribery.

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Based on previous experiences of tax evasion and cheating, the tax regulatory authority will require its staff working in the domestic tax department to wear body cameras in order to combat tax evasion and staff bribery.

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Verified Jun, 28 2022

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According to a CGTN Africa Facebook post, KRA employees working in the domestic tax department will begin wearing body cameras to combat tax evasion and employee bribery.

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The IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is True.

To arrive to this conclusion, the IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks checked different media stories claiming that KRA staff will be required to wear body cams. We checked Business Daily that has a video of KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu affirming this claim on Tuesday 21st June, 2022. Also we checked Citizen Daily that says the same.

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