Platinum Distillers Limited, an alcoholic drinks manufacturer based in Ruiru, was closed down on Sunday over an alleged plot to evade payment of up to Sh14 million in taxes. Dr Edward Karanja, the KRA's head of tax investigations, explained that Platinum concealed its imported goods as raw materials for making alcohol in order to pay less in taxes. We followed two trucks to this factory at the break of dawn and found some workers on night duty," said Dr Karanja. Some of the packaged alcohol produced by Platinum Distillers Limited, a factory based in Ruiru, as pictured during a KRA sting operation on February 24, 2019. "If the investigations turn positive, it will be clear that the company tried to evade taxes of Sh14 million by paying only Sh383,962."

Source: Daily Nation February 24, 2019 11:56 UTC