Private investigator convicted of receiving Ksh30K bribe

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A private investigator has been convicted of requesting and receiving a Ksh30,000 bribe from a businessman. The investigator, who doubles up as the director of Swift Tracing and Company Limited, is said to have received the bribe to shield a businessman dealing with academic books from charges of selling alleged counterfeit books. The Office of […]

KRA staff to wear body cameras in renewed fight against bribery

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will soon require its staff in critical departments to wear ‘body cameras’ in a renewed fight against tax cheating, the tax man has revealed. Speaking to a local daily, KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu said the body-worn cameras, commonly used by the police in the United States, will mainly be used […]

Four cops in court over Ksh1M bribe

Three police officers attached to the DCI-Dagoretti were arraigned at the Anti-Corruption Court with conspiracy to corruptly receive a bribe of Ksh1 million from a Chinese investor. The officers namely Charles Macharia Wanjiru, Samuel Yunnah Kukhuvilo, Joseph Gikara Gachera and the main suspect Julius Onyango Oguma in absentia did not plead to the graft charges […]

68 KRA staff in the soup if Haji okays probe findings

Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji and Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss George Kinoti

By Lennox Sengre More than 68 Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) staff might face prosecution over abetting bribery and tax evasion if the chief prosecutor gives the nod after perusing reports from investigators. State prosecutor Alexander Muteti told Justice Luka Kimaru that they have received 16 files from sleuths showing investigations on 68 KRA staff were […]