By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorNairobi County government staff may not receive their salaries after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) had monies transferred from the county government’s account to the taxman’s to cater for arrears of up to Sh1 billion. In a suit filed on Monday, the Nairobi County government faulted the Central bank for directing funds totalling Sh1,017,393,208 from its recurrent account and having it credited to Kenya Revenue Authority’s Domestic Taxes income tax payer account. According to Nairobi County, the transaction is illegal and is calculated at sabotaging as well as blackmailing the Evans Kidero-led government to outrageous uneconomically sustainable demands. “The funds herein were illegally transferred to KRA’s account yet they were solely meant to cater for the due salaries of the employees who are in the Nairobi county government’s payroll,” said Prof Tom Ojienda, acting for the county. The CoB authorised the requisition but in May, the county government received a letter from CBK notifying them about the transfer of the monies.

Source: Daily Nation May 08, 2017 15:52 UTC