A Kwale magistrate has released a clearing agent arrested by KRA officers at the Lunga Lunga one-stop border point on Sh70,000 bond or Sh40,000 cash bail. A press statement by KRA on Friday said Geoffrey Onyancha Otara was charged with falsifying tax payment documents and using fake papers to evade taxes. According to the statement, Otara was representing Pwani Hauliers Limited and had been appointed to facilitate transportation of company trucks from Tanzania into and out of Kenya. KRA is trying to uproot tax evasion and the trend of using forged details to import and export goods. In 2019, KRA arrested an importer dealing with over-age vehicles for forging documents to KRA indicating the vehicles were not old.

Source: The Star April 30, 2021 14:03 UTC