DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYA plans to link its tax collection system to mobile financial platforms to weed out tax evaders and boost revenue by billions of shillings, part of a raft of measures to repair its coffers, the finance ministry said in a draft budget statement. President William Ruto’s administration, which took over last September, inherited a heavily indebted economy after his predecessor ramped up borrowing to build infrastructure. The government plans to increase tax collection by 17% to 2.57 trillion shillings ($20.7 billion) in its fiscal year starting in July, the ministry said. It will also reduce its foreign borrowing…