Designation

Director KCA Technical College (KCA TC),

E-mail Address

faustin@kca.ac.ke

Academic Qualification

• Master of Business Administration – Finance (JKUAT),
• Bachelor of Education Arts (KU),

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

Profile

CPA Faustin is a career trainer and Educational programs administrator with 16 years of experience in learning content design, administration, and delivery in the field of Finance. His vast experience in training in accounting spans lecturing core accounting units at KCA University to training in finance for non-finance personnel in the public service. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAK’s) where he has been training in professional development programs for practicing accountants across the country since 2018.

As a Knowledge philanthropist with a zeal to make taxation comprehensible to every person, he has Authored Kenya’s first online tax manual (https://www.taxdon.co.ke). The manual links the very basics of Taxation to the details provided in the Tax Acts and Tax Case Law. Under the feature blogs@taxdon.co.ke CPA Faustin has authored several tax articles most of which have been published in local dailies.

CPA has pioneered the Accounting Student’s Association (KCA University) a student networking forum with the industry. Under his patronage in this association, over 300 students have been mentored by KRA under the KCA Centre of Excellence in tax education

Research Interest

Research Topics

• Taxation,
• Public Policy

Selected Publications: Books, Refereed publications & Non Refereed publications

Articles authored
Stability In Tax Policy Is Key To Investor Confidence https://accountantjournal.com/stability-in-tax-policy-is-key-to-investor-confidence/
Let’s harvest water during rainy season https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis/letters/let-s-harvest-water-during-rainy-season–4156694
Electric Buses Offer a Way Out of the Transport Chaos
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis>columnists/electric-buses-offer-a-way-out-of-the-transport-chaos-3870282
Bado Maandamano’: It’s return to demos as Raila heeds NGOs call https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/author/faustin-mwinzi
Minimum tax to level ground, tame the cheats https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/minimum-tax-level-ground-tame-cheats-3277520
Make Housing Affordable Across Kenya
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/letters/make-housing-affordable-across-kenya-2455456
Is Tax Avoidance legal? – Insights from a Tax Expert https://www.kca.ac.ke/is-tax-avoidance-legal/
Reintroduction of Turnover Tax is one way of formalizing the informal sector https://www.kca.ac.ke/reintroduction-of-turnover-tax-is-one-way-of-formalizing-the-informal-sector/
Kasneb
https://kasneb.or.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Newsline_Issue_2_2020.pdf
The Exchequer the Reduced Rates Notwithstanding

Like soldiers, taxpayers critical in fighting Covid-19

Ride on turnover tax to formalise Jua Kali sector https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis/columnists/ride-on-turnover-tax-to-formalise-jua-kali-sector-2281362
Growing e-commerce makes Digital Services Tax timely https://biasharadigest.com/2020/08/02/growing-e-commerce-makes-digital-services-tax-timely/
To tap digital economy, let us support it https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/to-tap-digital-economy-let-us-support-it-3431620
Pairing taxpayers might be solution to evasion of tax https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis/letters/pairing-taxpayers-might-be-solution-to-evasion-of-tax-3794002

Conferences & Chapters

• Association of Women Accountants of Kenya Conference
• ACCA Members conference
• ACCA Tuition providers conference
• International Finance conference