Courts

Between April and May 2019, Absa Kenya received 20 cheques purportedly written and signed by ear, nose and throat surgeon...

Edwin Dande, CEO Cytonn Investments The High Court has stopped the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) from launching an alleged ‘criminal...

Tribunals are bodies established by Acts of Parliament to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial functions. Tribunals, like the courts, have to...

Kenya’s Attorney-General Justice Kihara Kariuki and the EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki have been named as first and second respondents respectively...

The High Court has upheld the Kenya Revenue Authority’s decision to reject VAT refund claims by three pharmaceutical companies amounting to KShs.180 million. The pharmaceutical companies; Universal Corporation Limited, Elys Chemical Limited and Dawa Limited filed a Petition in the High Court...

The Tax Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) has dismissed an Appeal filed by Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd on grounds that the firm had failed to prove that Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) assessment was excessive. Jhulay LAL’s principal activity is the wholesale and retail sale of rice sourced from Pakistan. Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd appealed the decision of KRA contesting that the entire tax of Kshs. 1,456,433,604.00 demanded. The main grounds of the appeal was that the Commissioner determined the taxable income on the basis of its gross bankings against the basic accounting principles and tax law. KRA successfully argued that it made the assessment after an investigation revealed several irregularities including unexplained bank deposits and that the sales of the rice exceeded the amounts imported. The Tribunal reviewed the evidence as presented by both parties and held that KRA exercised its powers judiciously to make the decision based on the material before it. The Tribunal held that the Jhulay LAL Commodities Ltd failed to prove that the assessment was excessive and dismissed the appeal.

A trader has been charged before Milimani Law court with smuggling of liquor worth KShs. 1,503,046 in taxes. Sammy Gakuo Muroki, who appeared before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, faced the charge of conveying uncustomed goods contrary to Section 199(b) of the East Africa Community Customs Management Act. The accused person was arrested on 5th May 2021 along the Namanga- Kajiado Road within Kajiado County. He...

Three people have been charged before the Milimani law court Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi with several counts of tax frauds amounting to KShs.12.5 million. Victor Olingo Odhiambo, Rodgers Otieno Odhiambo and Moses Thure Odhiambo all directors of Remarc Logistics Limited, a clearing agent are jointly accused of making false cargo entries with lowered tax values to avoid paying required customs taxes while clearing goods. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) established that the accused persons made eleven entries between 2015 and 2019 while acting as clearing agent on behalf a company that imported goods between the said dates. The three were given genuine invoices to lodge Import Declaration Forms (IDF) and later lodge entries for customs clearance of the consignments. However, they prepared lower value invoices with an intent to lower the tax liability without the knowledge of appointing company. They then cleared the consignments but billed the company using its genuine invoices, defrauding the Commissioner of Customs KShs. 12,544,635 in duties and taxes. The first eleven counts of the case involves making entries that are false in material particulars which a violation of section 203(a) of the East Africa Community Customs Management Act, 2004. They are also jointly charged with a count of fraudulent evasion of the payment of any duty contrary to section 203(e) of the same Act. Rodgers Otieno Odhiambo and Moses Thure Odhiambo both denied the charges and were granted a bond of Kshs. 400,000 with one surety or cash bail of KShs.200,000 each. Plea for the first accused, Victor Olingo Odhiambo and their company is deferred. The case will be mentioned on 13th May 2021.

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Former human resource manager at security firm G4S has accused his employer of wrongfully  terminating his employment contract. David Mutisya...