This archive report was first published on 26 November 2019.
Published on November 26, 2019, a Mombasa building contractor, Joseph Okumu Ouma, has been charged with Ksh. 41 million tax evasion.
Okumu, the director at Jomoyosh Building Contractors Limited, was arraigned before Senior Resident Magistrate Vincent Adet on Monday.
According to the Kenya Revenue Authority, Okumu and his firm were charged with nine counts of evading payment of income tax worth Ksh. 31,417,070 and one count of evading Ksh. 9,670,344.
Okumu allegedly made incorrect entries in the firm's income tax returns, reducing their tax obligation by Ksh 31.4 million, and altered his value-added tax (VAT) returns for the period between January 2015 and December 2018, reducing his tax bill by Ksh 9.6 million.
Okumu denied the charges and was released on a surety bond of Ksh. 2 million with an alternative of Ksh. 500,000 cash bail. His case will be mentioned on December 9.
Separately, Rebeccah Akinyi Ouma, a businesswoman, was charged with evading taxes to the tune of Ksh. 2.9 million. She failed to file her individual income tax return for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Akinyi pleaded not guilty and was released on a surety bond of Ksh. 1 million or a cash bail of Ksh. 200,000. Her case will also be mentioned on December 9.
