The Executive Secretary of CIAT Mr. Márcio F. Verdi visited Kenya from 30st January to Wednesday the 1st of February. Welcoming the Executive Secretary, the Commissioner General of Kenya Revenue Authority Mr. M.G.Waweru appreciated the immense benefit Kenya has derived from its CIAT membership. Kenya is represented in CIAT’s Permanent Committee on Ethics. KRA staff have also benefited from various areas of training including transfer pricing. The Integrated Tax Management System that KRA ‘s Domestic Taxes Department adopted borrowed significantly from a similar system used in Chile. Kenya is due to host next year’s CIAT Technical Conference.

During the visit Mr.Verdi made presentations on electronic invoicing to Kenya Revenue Authority’s top management and senior Treasury officials led by the Permanent Secretary Mr. Joseph Kinyua. He said for Kenya the issue is not whether to adopt electronic invoicing but when to do so. Kenya is expected to be among the first African countries to adopt electronic invoicing. Mr. Verdi also had an informal chat with the newly appointed Minister for Finance Hon. Njeru Githae and his assistant Dr. Oburu Oginga.

The Executive Secretary also had an opportunity to visit Nairobi. He was seen off at the Times Tower by the Commissioner of Domestic Taxes-LTO Mr. John Njiraini who is also Kenya’s CIAT Correspondent.

Márcio F. Verdi, Executive Secretary of CIAT, with revenue authorities of Kenya.