The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a temporary disruption of its Integrated Customs Management System (iCMS) due to scheduled maintenance.
In a notice on Saturday, October 11, KRA stated that the maintenance exercise will begin at 6:00 AM and conclude at 2:00 PM the same day.
According to KRA, all iCMS services will be unavailable to both internal and external users during this period.
KRA emphasized that the temporary outage is necessary to enhance the performance and reliability of the system, which plays a crucial role in customs operations and trade facilitation.
"Kenya Revenue Authority informs all stakeholders that there will be a scheduled maintenance of iCMS as follows: START: Sunday, 12th October, 2025 - 6:00 AM; END: Sunday, 12th October, 2025 - 2:00 PM. Duration: 8 Hours. Affected system: iCMS.
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"Affected users: All iCMS users (Internal & External). During this period, iCMS will be unavailable,” the authority said.
This comes two days after KRA recorded the highest single-month customs collection in the authority’s history.
In a statement on Wednesday, October 8, KRA said it collected Ksh85.146 billion in customs taxes in September.
According to the authority, the amount collected in September surpassed the previous record of Ksh82.554 billion set in January this year.
“Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has recorded another landmark achievement in customs tax collection, recording a historic monthly performance of Ksh85.146 billion in September 2025.
“This represents the highest amount ever collected in a single month in the Authority’s history, surpassing the previous record of Ksh82.554 billion set in January 2025,” read part of the statement.
The taxman also noted that the customs collections exceeded the monthly target of Ksh81.341 billion by Ksh3.806 billion.
KRA attributed the record performance to strong collections from both trade and petroleum taxes.
“This outstanding result also marks an impressive year-on-year growth of 18.8% compared to the same period in the previous financial year. The remarkable performance is driven by strong collections from both trade and petroleum taxes,” said KRA.
Trade taxes contributed Ksh51.737.92 billion against a target of Ksh50.739 billion, reflecting a 22.1% growth from the corresponding period last year.
Meanwhile, petroleum taxes recorded a 109.2% performance rate by collecting Ksh33.408 billion against a target of Ksh30.602 billion.
“This success is attributed to a series of reforms aimed at enhancing revenue collection efficiency. Notably, the establishment of a central release operations office has played a pivotal role.
“Under this innovative system, head verification officers operate from a central location and randomly allocate release stations to verify and clear goods,” KRA added.
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