LSK and audit firms reject clause allowing KRA to access personal data

The Law Society of Kenya and audit firm KPMG East Africa are among entities that have opposed a clause in the Finance Bill 2025, which seeks to grant the Kenya Revenue Authority automatic access to trade secrets and personal data. In a separate objection, Ernst & Young Public Accountants and CDH Law Firm rejected another proposal in the same bill, one that seeks to hold the spouses of tax defaulters personally liable for outstanding obligations. Seth Olale reports from the public hearings held in Nairobi.