The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is intensifying its crackdown on small traders who attempt to evade taxes by frequently changing their mobile money paybill and till numbers, a tactic previously used to obscure transaction trails. Acting Commissioner-General Lilian Nyawanda stated that the KRA has detected widespread instances of this practice, emphasizing that it no longer offers protection from tax scrutiny. The authority is leveraging its electronic tax invoice management system (eTIMS) and the dual nature of mobile money transactions—involving both a sender and receiver—to track income and identify discrepancies, even when traders attempt to fragment their earnings. This move aligns with the government's broader strategy to expand the tax base by targeting the undertaxed informal sector, employing data-led enforcement and transaction matching to flag non-compliant entities.