Nairobi, July 1 -- A senior Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) manager and his wife were Tuesday charged at the Anti-Corruption Court with evading taxes amounting to Sh38.6 million.
Joseph Chege Gikonyo, an assistant KRA manager, his wife Lucy Kangai Stephen and their company, Gichie Limited, denied the charge before Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi.
The couple, who are both directors of Gichie Limited, were accused of failing to remit Sh38,692,694 to KRA, arising from their company's taxable income as well as accrued penalties.
Applying for their release on bond, defence lawyers Abbas Esmail and Gibson Kimani argued that their prosecution was an abuse of the court process because the two had been paying the arrears claimed by KRA.
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