Thousands of Kenyans who risked being locked out of the tax filing now have a reason to smile after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced a 24-hour extension.

The deadline that was set to expire at midnight on Monday, 30 June, has now been extended to midnight on Tuesday, 1 July.

According to the KRA, this is to give more Kenyans time to file their returns following technical challenges experienced with the iTax system on the last day of filing (June 30).

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