This archive report was first published on 19 August 2019.
Businessman Humphrey Kariuki has been re-arrested by DCI officers outside the High Court, just a month after being summoned to answer to several charges linked to his business empire.
On August 19, 2019, Kariuki was granted Sh10 million bail and ordered to surrender his two passports and appear before the DCI in six hours. He had been summoned to answer to charges of tax evasion, alongside 10 others from Wow beverages and Africa Spirits.
The billionaire and his co-accused are accused of evading tax amounting to more than Sh41 billion, as well as being in possession of excisable goods affixed with counterfeit excise stamps, and fraud.
Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji said he had gathered enough evidence to prosecute Kariuki and his co-accused, including Stuart Gerald, Peter Kuria, Robert Murithi, Geoffrey Kinoti, Sethu Prabhu, Eric Nzomba, and Kepha Gakure.
“A KRA audit has revealed that Africa Spirits/WOW beverages had evaded payment of tax in the amount of over Sh41 billion between the period of 2014 and 2019,” said Haji.
