This archive report was first published on 22 October 2019.
On October 22, 2019, the trial of businessman Humphrey Kariuki's KSh 41 billion tax evasion case was delayed due to missing documents.
The prosecution, led by Vincent Monda, senior assistant director of public prosecutions, requested more time to supply the 7,500 pages of documents needed to prove the case.
According to the prosecution, many documents were involved, making it difficult to supply everything required.
However, the prosecution agreed to provide witness statements and documentary evidence to all the accused and their lawyers by December 5, 2019.
Lawyers involved in the case, including Kioko Kilukumi and Cecil Miller, will visit the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices between December 5 and January 14 to inspect and verify all the original documents.
The tycoon and his co-accused are under probe on 21 charges in three different files involving a scheme to evade tax.
Inside the Africa Spirits Limited factory in Thika, Kiambu County. Photo: Daily Nation.
The businessman was arrested by flying squad officers on the evening of Monday, August 20, 2019, in connection to tax evasion charges amounting to KSh 41 billion.
He was apprehended over alleged illegal importation of ethanol at his Thika-based alcoholic drinks manufacturing firm.
