Kenya Revenue Authority wishes to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Okello to the International Monetary Fund as the Regional Advisor from 1st January 2007.

Mr. Okello, currently Commissioner for Domestic Taxes – Domestic Revenue will be under the East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centre to oversee operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Mr. Okello joined KRA in 2001 as head of the Research & Corporate Planning Department from the Ministry of Finance where he had served as Assistant Director within the Fiscal & Monetary Affairs Department. While at the Ministry, Mr. Okello was responsible for Trade and Tax policy issues.

In KRA, Mr. Okello was among the key figures in designing reform programmes among other administrative measures that have propelled KRA to its current high profile organisation with unprecedented revenue yields.

Mr. Okello holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Honours Degree from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Arts (Development Economics) from Williams College, Massachusetts (USA) and a Master of Business Administration from Bath University (UK).

KRA wishes to thank Mr. Okello for his dedicated five years with the Authority and wishes him well in his future endeavours.