{
  "id": 6144009,
  "title": "iTax to go offline as KRA announces emergency one-hour maintenance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/itax-to-go-offline-as-kra-announces-emergency-one-hour-maintenance",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-07T15:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/itax-to-go-offline-as-kra-announces-emergency-one-hour-maintenance"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has scheduled a one-hour outage of its iTax platform on Monday night, September 7, 2026, for system maintenance. During this maintenance window, the platform will be unavailable to all users from 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm. KRA explained that the maintenance is scheduled to improve the reliability of the iTax platform and enhance the delivery of digital services. Taxpayers are advised to access iTax services before 9:30 pm or after 10:30 pm once the system is restored. KRA did not link the maintenance to any security incident or system failure.",
  "summary": "The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a one-hour shutdown of its iTax platform on Monday night, September 7, 2026, as the tax agency carries out scheduled system maintenance. In a notice to taxpayers and other stakeholders, KRA said iTax will be unavailable to all users during the maintenance window. The maintenance is scheduled to […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}