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There's a quiet disaster unfolding across Kenyan finance departments right now. It started on 1st January 2026, when KRA quietly switched on a validation system that cross-checks every income tax return against three data sources: TIMS/eTIMS invoices, withholding tax records, and customs import data.

Kenya has spent years pushing businesses onto eTIMS. The logic was sound. Real-time invoice data means less underreporting, faster validation, and a cleaner tax base. On paper, it's the right move.