Nairobi, April 11 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has renewed its push to rely on technology and contact verification of business activities to bridge the sharp disparity in the country's tax contribution.

According to the taxman's data, only 40 percent of registered taxpayers are actively remitting and filing taxes.

For instance, on the corporate side, over 3,000 large and over 6,000 medium-sized businesses and corporations are contributing to 60 percent of the country's realised revenue.

"That is to say, if you look at the nature of the taxpayers that we have, these are big corporations, multinationals, so the nature of businesses that they do as well deserves that they pay that fair share of taxes of 60percent. But that does no...