Renowned Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has elicited massive debate online after the called for the legalization of sex top imports in the country.
In a tweet on Monday, Mwangi urged KRA to legalise importation of sex toys, arguing that it was a huge industry that can generate great revenue for the taxman.
“One of the key roles of the @KRACare scanner at Jomo Kenyatta Airport is to scan and confiscate sex toys. It’s illegal to import sex toys. Silly laws that are denying Kenya Revenue Authority the much needed revenue. Let people import play things and pay taxes!” he tweeted.
His tweet elicited massive reactions with netizens sharing their standpoints on importation of sex toys.
Meanwhile, KRA has been exploring avenues to collect more taxes, with the most recent being infiltrating social media to nab persons showcasing wealthy lifestyles online, yet they do not pay taxes.
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Speaking during a recent interview with Business Daily, KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu noted that the agency has assigned a number of officers to spend time to social media scouting for wealthy persons whose tax records are not in line with what they showcase online.
File image of KRA Commissioner-General Githii Mburu. [Photo: Courtesy]
Some of the social media sites KRA is keen on infiltrating include; Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook where socialites and other influential personalities always share private details of their lives.
"In the social media, we have some people posting some nice things. You would see some posting nice houses, cars, taking their families to nice places and so on. Here, we are not sleeping, when we see those, we see taxes.
"We have our officers looking, they have gadgets. They key in very quickly (the number plate) to check. We are working exceptionally hard," the KRA boss told the publication.
Below are some reactions from Boniface Mwangi's tweet:
