Treasury Cabinet Secretary nominee John Mbadi says there is a need to relook at the revenue collection system so that "we can attain our targets".
According to Mbadi, the systems currently used are bogus, contributing to 'leakages'.
"We must make sure that we automate it and automate it properly. Sometimes we pretend to be using automation yet we use outdated systems, systems that are aiding the leakage of revenue instead of helping," he submitted.
He said there was a need to carry out a proper evaluation and review of the agency.
He guaranteed the members that if approved, his first meetings will be to focus on how to reform KRA "because without that we are not going to succeed in revenue mobilisation."
On debt management, Mbadi emphasised the need for the country to be accountable for it.
"Our public debt levels are worrying. We need to make our debt register a statutory document so that every Kenyan knows how much we owe to who at what cost," he said.
The debts, he added, ought to be restructured.
"Kenyans should know that it is not the government that owes China, World Bank, or IMF, it's them."
Mbadi currently serves as the chair of the powerful Public Accounts Committee, which is responsible for holding to account ministries, departments and agencies.
