This archive report was first published on 6 August 2019.
On August 6, 2019, a businessman was arraigned in an Eldoret court for allegedly evading taxes worth Ksh.241 million.
Muktar Sheikh, the owner of Bashash Construction Company, was charged with 12 counts of omitting tax on their returns.
The court heard that between 2011 and 2017, Sheikh and his company knowingly omitted Ksh.241 million from their income tax returns.
Sheikh pleaded not guilty and was released on a bond of Ksh.2 million and one surety, or a cash bail of Ksh.200,000.
The tax Sheikh is accused of evading amounts from an income tax liability of Ksh.148 million and VAT tax liability of Ksh.93 million.
The case is set to be mentioned on September 20.
