This archive report was first published on 21 August 2019.
On August 21, 2019, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Nordin Haji ordered the arrest of Tabitha Karanja, the billionaire businesswoman and owner of Keroche Industries, and her husband Joseph Karanja.
The government wants the couple to answer questions over an alleged 14.4 billion shilling tax evasion.
According to DPP Haji, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner general submitted an inquiry file to his office on August 18, which led to an audit establishing that Keroche Breweries had evaded payment of tax totaling 14,451,836,375 shillings.
