The fall of a man has become the discovery of his hidings and grown curiousity over his empire and how he came to be.However when certain eyebrows are raised its hard keep people calm in the situation.
The office of the Director of Criminal Investigations, on Friday, launched a man hunt for billionaire Humphrey Kariuki, the owner of Africa Spirits Company based in Thika.
The tycoon is wanted over allegations of evading paying taxes amounting to Kshs 3 Billion.
Detectives led by Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet and senior Kenya Revenue Authority officials made what they said was a dazzling find: An estimated 21 million counterfeit excise stamps and 312,000 litres of illicit products — all worth billions of shillings in taxes.
Mr Kariuki says he made some “decent income” at Central Bank and that he ventured into the business world by importing cars starting off with a car owned by his UK-based elder sister which he had shipped to Nairobi.
“I was able to sell (the car) at double the price my sister was asking for. I gave my sister her money and kept the rest for myself. I was amazed, and I wondered: ‘Is this how easy it is to make money?’”
And that is the story that Mr Kariuki tells about his rise into the billionaire ranks.
The current turn of events is yet another twist in the life of a man so wealthy; and so reclusive who provides wild animals with a place to call home at his Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy and Animal Orphanage.
Humphrey Kariuki: Man mixed Legend and blue moon with Jack Daniels and Bacardi. Africa Spirits Ltd owner unmasked –
https://t.co/cgquzbMUfL— Oscar (@KinotiOscar) February 11, 2019
Humphrey Kariuki has been in bed with the ruling empire. All of a sudden he’s on the run. Who has he crossed? He was allegedly main importer of ethanol blamed on… https://t.co/UMSKNFRwmD
— Mwalimu Mutemi wa Kiama (@MutemiWaKiama) February 11, 2019
And to imagine the amount of bluemoon and legend brandy i took back in campus! Someone deliver that Humphrey Kariuki greedy son of bitch’s head to me please!
— Nyongesa’s son (@nyongesa_son) February 11, 2019
Humphrey Kariuki mwosho moja by media has started. …. ati reclusive billionaire with the love for animals. let’s talk about his tax evasion first.
— VC (@Chelule) February 11, 2019