This archive report was first published on 31 October 2019.
On October 31, 2019, the Kenya Revenue Authority began pursuing Sh35.7 million from two contractors who allegedly made false income returns to evade tax payment.
Yussuf Khalif Bulle and Abdirahim Osman Yarrow, directors of El-Yumo Contractors Limited, were charged with 11 counts of tax evasion at the Milimani law courts.
The charges include failure to pay taxes, falsifying accounts statements to reduce tax liability, and failure to file tax returns between 2014 and 2018.
The suspects allegedly failed to declare taxable income by filing nil returns and also failed to declare the correct amounts of taxable income to reduce value added tax (VAT) liability for various years of income.
They were awarded contracts by the Judiciary and Kenya Urban Road Authority to construct Mandera Law Courts and routine maintenance of roads in Dandora and Kariobangi areas respectively.
They denied the charges before magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot and were released on Ksh100,000 bail. Hearing of the case starts on December 4.
