This archive report was first published on 23 August 2019.
On August 22, 2019, owners of Keroche Breweries Limited, Tabitha Karanja and her husband Joseph, were released on a cash bail totaling 12 million after denying ten counts related to tax evasion amounting to Sh14.5 billion.
Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi granted them seven days to make the payment, failure to which they will be arrested and put in custody until they honour the directive.
The court ordered them to deposit Sh15 million in seven days, failure to which directors apart from the chairman will be arrested.
Tabitha Karanja spent the night at the Muthaiga Police Station, but her husband was released late on Thursday night on the intervention of his doctors.
The Karen Hospital asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to release Mr Karanja citing a serious medical condition that would worsen if the tycoon spent the night in police custody.
"This is to satisfy that Mr Karanja is in our medical care. He has recently undergone life-saving surgery," said the hospital in a statement.
"Keeping him in police custody will greatly endanger his life," the hospital explained.
