Mercy Kanda

Am an experienced tax expert and customs expert in KRA , background of Education being Bcom Finance Option and holding Msc in Development Finance .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Customs Department – Verification Officer, Kenya Revenue Authority
(2022 to date)
✓ Verify all the import and export documents and ensure they comply
with import rules and guidelines
✓ Compute and ensure collection of the taxes payable (import duties)
✓ Examine the imports and export goods to verify their authenticity
✓ Detect and prevent various forms of corruptions such as bribery
arising on imports and exports

Enforcement – One Stop Border Post, Kenya Revenue
Authority (2020 Nov to 2022 Sept.)
The One Stop Border Post (OSBP) is a concept of immigration control / border
management in the EAC region whose objective is to enhance trade facilitation,
promote efficient movement of persons and goods, reduce the cost of doing
business in the region, ease and speed-up movement of persons and services within
the community and adjoining countries.
✓ Prepare the strategy, work plans, policies, processes and procedures
to guide the operations of OSBP.
✓ Implement, with other colleagues the operations of OSBP.
✓ Identify and Prepare risk assessment reports, to guide Border
Control & Enforcement on OSBPs and Land Borders
✓ Carry out and evaluate the needs assessment for OSBP on behalf of
management
✓ Participate in regional meetings on behalf of the Deputy
Commissioner

Pursued  Msc  in Development  Finance from Strathmore Business School  , Key units are Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Institutions & Economic Growth,Quantitative methods in Development Finance, Sustainable Finance for Development,International Trade & Negotiations, Public Sector Finance, Project finance & Management

Technical Training in Customs Administration
Kenya School of Revenue Administration  pursued key units Customs Valuation, International Trade & Tax policy, Trade Facilitation,
Post Clearance Audit, Rules of Origin, Customs Automated Systems
and Post Clearance Audit.  

Bachelor of Commerce, Finance Option
Kabarak University
Key Units Covered
Financial Accounting and Reporting, Micro and Macro Economics,
Business Finance and Corporate Finance, Public Finance and International Finance,
Portfolio Management, and Investments.