KRA Offices: Kenyans caught loitering in Kenya Revenue Offices (KRA) will be charged Sh. 5,000 or face a jail term of up to two years. This is after Interior Secretary Fred Matiang’i has officially listed the headquarters of the Kenya Revenue Authority and its offices countrywide as protected areas.
“The areas, places or premises described in the schedule are declared to be protected areas for purposes of the Act and no person shall be in the specified areas without permission of the prescribed authority or the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government,” Dr Matiang’i says in the notice.
Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA Portal
Persons contravening the order face a maximum Sh5,000 fine or a jail term of up to two years or both on conviction under the Protected Areas Act. The penalty doubles to a maximum of Sh10,000 or a jail term of five years or both if the offenders are found to be in possession of arms, ammunition, explosives which they lawfully own.
The law not only prohibits people from accessing protected areas without permission but also makes it illegal to make sketches, obtain records or transmit information about them through such medium as photography.
Some of the areas covered under the law include military barracks, weapons factories, government mines, camps, State House and Lodges, signal stations, military ships, foreign embassies, consulates, Central Bank of Kenya premises, among others.