KRA Seeks Power to Freeze Employer Assets in Pension Remittance Crackdown

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has asked lawmakers to support a bill empowering it to pursue employers who deduct pension contributions from salaries but fail to remit them to retirement schemes. The KRA (Amendment) Bill 2026 would allow the tax authority to freeze bank accounts, seize assets, and issue agency notices against non-compliant employers. Unremitted pension contributions stand at Ksh66.41 billion as of June 2026. Commissioner General Adan Mohamed noted that only 12,000 companies pay taxes out of an expected 100,000.