This archive report was first published on 6 November 2019.
A Nairobi court has granted Nairobi County a reprieve in a tax evasion row, stopping the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) from blocking Sh4.5 billion allocated for the county.
The court's decision comes after lawyer Cecil Miller filed an application in the High Court on behalf of the county government, seeking to quash the order that barred the release of funds.
According to court documents, KRA had enforced illegal notices dated September 10, 2019, by recovering Sh2 billion from the county's Revenue Fund Account without its knowledge and consent, leaving it with no funds to pay salaries and run other county functions.
Justice Pauline Nyamweya was informed that KRA had written to seven banks seeking to enforce agency money over alleged tax dues.
