This archive report was first published on 1 November 2019.
On Thursday, six directors of Northern Auto Dealers Limited appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Faith Muguongo to face tax evasion charges involving Ksh. 690 million.
The directors, Ali Ibrahim Dida, Hassannoor Adan Ali, Kose Isatu Hirbo, Ibrahim Worku Hirbo, Wako Bate Hirbo, and Abdullahi Mamo Jillo, were charged with seven counts of fraud for omitting income earned between 2016 and 2019 from their filed returns.
According to the Kenya Revenue Authority, the company made sales amounting to Ksh. 3,420,942,711 within the last three years, but failed to declare the income earned and the requisite taxes, totaling Ksh. 697,848,997.
The defense argued that the six directors are not a flight risk and should not be denied bail, as they are first-time offenders and have been complying with the investigations.
The prosecution did not object to the plea for bail but insisted that it should be determined based on the amounts in question.
The suspects were released on a Ksh. 2 million bond with similar surety or a cash bail alternative of Ksh. 1 million.
The matter will be heard on November 14, 2019.
