Two people, among them a KRA customs officer, were on Monday remanded for five days pending investigations on tax evasion.
The two were charged with fraudulent importation and registration of high-end vehicles without paying taxes.
George Onyango Opanga, a KRA employee, was charged with two counts when he appeared before Justice Daniel Ogembo at Milimani Economic Crimes court, Nairobi.
The first count is conspiracy to evade payment of duty contrary to section 203 of the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004.
The charge stated that on July 16 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Customs Warehouse in Nairobi, he jointly with others not before court, conspired to evade payment of import duty amounting to Sh 6.5 million.
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This is in respect of Motor Vehicle Range Rover of registration number KCE 683H.
The second count involved interfering with information stored in customs computerised system contrary to section 192 of the same Act.
On this count, Opanga was charged that with others before court, he knowingly and fraudulently interfered with KRA online system to reflect that import duty had been paid for the said Range Rover car.
The other suspect, Elijah Ojuma Girimani, appeared in the same court charged with nine counts involving fraudulent importation of luxury vehicles with the intention of evading taxes.
The offences include;
procuring uncustomed goods contrary to section 200 of East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004.
Girimani is accused of procuring three uncustomed motor vehicles; Range Rover registration KCH 001T, Land Cruiser registration KCH 008T and Land Cruiser registration KCH 400T, whose combined taxes of Sh7,661,861 had not been paid.
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