Naivasha court has issued a search & arrest warrant to detectives who are seeking Keroche Breweries owners Tabitha Karanja and her husband Joseph Karanja.
In her defence, Tabitha said that she has complied with all tax requirements and she was being targeted by her competitors.
“As a local company, we have gone through numerous challenges as a result of which mostly has been castigated by our competitors and it’s my plea as a homegrown investor to be supported for our tireless efforts in building a Kenyan story of self-determination, resilience and a belief in ourselves,” she says in a statement sent to newsrooms.
In recent time, the government has gone after Sportpesa, billionaire Humphrey Kariuki and now Keroche in multi-billion tax evasion cases. Ironically, Sportpesa was awarded the leading taxpayer for three consecutive years between 2016 and 2017. So what changed? And where was KRA when these companies were accumulating such colossal amounts of money?
Sportpesa was recently forced to cancel all sponsorship deals in Kenya after the govt ground its operations. Hundreds of Kenyans are also at risk of losing their jobs if the company does not resume business soon.
E O says
minting billions and billions per day. No sympathy . May be crocodile tears.
Anonymous says
Arrest KRA officers who forcifully raped Mrs Karanja of Keroche when arresting her and inside cells! These Primitive and lawless officers must be held responsible for their deeds hence not above the law!They also molested Mr Humprey Kariuki ! Who are they serving Hence this has nothing to do with economical sabotage of failing to pay taxes? Jubilee govt must Answer!
Anonymous says
woi see below opaque tax waivers for dynasty companies —–OMTATAH is the hustler fighting gava ills
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Omtatah moves to court over NIC-CBA merger tax waiver
Activist Okiya Omtatah has moved to court challenging the tax waiver given to the NIC and CBA banks merger.
He wants the court to stop the secretive and opaque decision by the treasury to exempt them from paying tax.
“The impugned tax waiver which was granted on July 26 but was only announced in August 18 is irregular, unlawful and unconstitutional” reads court documents.
In May, the Competition Authority gave a nod to the merger between CBA and NIC banks.
CBA, whose market share is at 6.05 per cent, and NIC Bank with 4.62 per cent will both hold 10.67 per cent of the market share post-merger.
“However, it is anticipated that the merged entity will continue facing competition from tier-one banks who, together, control 55.32% of the market,” the regulator said in their notice.