Kenya seizes to amaze citizens with the huge amounts capable of being stolen from the public by a single person.First it was Josephine Kabura who walked on the streets with 20 million inside a bag having stolen upto 100 million from Kenyans.
Currently Dickson Ogola, a clearing agent, was arraigned in court for allegedly defrauding KRA an overall of Kshs 97 million.
The contractor had been hired by the Seventh Day Adventist to clear an assortment of items for the church. Ogola was accused of manipulating invoices and making false custom entries.
KRA revealed that they had been pursuing the accused for five months without success as he kept evading.
According to a charge sheet issued against Ogola, he was alleged to have made 15 false customs entries by using a pin registered to Cargo News Express Limited, costing KRA Kshs18.7 million.
In another instance, he is accused of using Airwagon Cargo Movers Limited to make 16 false entries worth Kshs 24.6 million and defrauding KRA Kshs 2.1 million using Dume General.
Ogola also used the pins of Vector One Logistics Limited, Timson Logistics Limited, Mwando Logistics, Key Naut Logistics Limited, Papwell Enterprises Limited, Freight Care Logistics Limited and Fleet Freighters Limited.
Ogola denied all the 12 counts of tax evasion after he was arraigned in Milimani Law Courts, before principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot.
He was released on Kshs 500,000 cash bail or Ksh 1 million bond with a surety of the same account and is expected to appear in court for the next hearing on January 30, 2018.
KRA confirmed that Ogola’s arrest was in line with nabbing tax evaders.