The much hunted Africa spirits limited tycoon boss Humphrey Kariuki turned himself in to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations after being summoned for questioning.
Reports reveal that the investigators shockingly discovered that the tax fraud suspect iss a citizen of Cyrus whih propmpted probe on his dual citizenship and undisclosing as required by the law.
Besides his Kenyan passport, Mr Kariuki travels on a Cyrus passport, number K0627485, issued on May 19, 2016.
While Kenyans have a right to become dual citizens, the Citizenship and Immigration Act declares that “every dual citizen shall disclose his or her other citizenship in the prescribed manner within three months of becoming a dual citizen”.
The law further says a citizen who fails to disclose the dual citizenship … “commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both.”
“We are questioning him on that issue since failure to declare dual citizenship is an offence,” Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said.
Asked whether Mr Kariuki will be charged in court, Mr Kinoti retorted: “Why not? This is an offence.”
Yesterday evening, officials from the Department of Immigration handed over Mr Kariuki’s file to investigators as it emerged that the tycoon could end up in court over his Cyprus papers.
How on earth can the country’s top billionaire, the crème de la crème of investment fraud, be a citizen of another country [Cyprus] for many years without the intelligence knowing? What else doesn’t our intelligence know? No wonder Americans were so quick in convicting the Akasha
— Mike Sam (@BabaMike01) February 15, 2019
All along I thought he’d my fellow Okuyu..But now we have Okuyu in Cyprus pic.twitter.com/BlB6RwhUVX
— George Kim (@GeorgeK77328926) February 15, 2019