List Of Clearing And Forwarding Agents Blacklisted By KRA

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has blacklisted at least 20 clearing and forwarding agents at the Port of Mombasa. According to KRA, the firms were found to have ‘non-compliance issues’ after several risk analyses.

Some of the firms on the list are:

1. Regal Freighters
2. Delta Express
3. Subukia Holdings
4. Greentop Logistics
5. Zanaa Freights
6. Riam Logistics
7. Utmost Freight Matters Limited
8. Ozone Freight Forwarders Limited
9. Adelcus Agencies
10. Wiljones Logistics
11. Venues Kenya Limited
12. Neline Shipping and Logistics Enterprises

“The attached list of 20 clearing agents have been found to have compliance issues, after several risk analyses. All consignments declared by the clearing agents in the list to be considered as high risk,” said Mr. Kaguru, KRA deputy commissioner for Revenue.

Read More: Kenya Revenues To Hit Ksh 2.405 Trillion Next Financial Year

KRA has been taking measures to curb tax cheats and increase revenue collection.

Revenue Projections

Kenya’s revenue collection in the Fiscal year 2022/23 is estimated to rise by 18 percent. The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) noted that the revenue collection will stand at 2.405trillion shillings from the projected 2.036 trillion shillings in 2021/22.

The total revenue collected in the previous fiscal year was 1.669 trillion shillings compared to 1.607 trillion shillings collected in Financial Year 2019/20.

According to draft 2022, Budget Policy Statement (BPS) estimates released Monday 15^th November 2021, the ongoing reforms in tax policy and revenue administration will continue to foster high revenue performance.

Overall, PBO estimated the total expenditure and net lending for the next financial year at 3.298 trillion shillings, a 23.6 percent decline from the projected 3.154 trillion shillings in the FY 2021/22 budget.