This archive report was first published on 15 May 2020.
On May 15, 2020, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced that economist David Ndii was facing a fresh court battle over allegations of failing to pay taxes amounting to Sh2.8 million.
The amount in question is part of the Sh2.9 million in unpaid Value Added Tax (VAT) that was reduced by Sh1 million by the Tax Appeal Tribunal in 2017.
Initially, the KRA had demanded a total of Sh11.3 million from Ndii, with Sh8.4 million of that amount arising from unpaid income taxes.
However, the two parties agreed to settle the income tax dispute out of court, and the tribunal also scrapped off the KRA's Sh2.8 million suit, citing that the authority had used the wrong avenue to notify Ndii about his unpaid taxes.
Now, the KRA has moved to the High Court to appeal the scrapping of the Sh2.8 million, putting Ndii back in the spotlight.
Some of Ndii's critics have seized on the development, pointing out the irony of his situation given his vocal criticism of the government.
As one critic, Abraham Mutai, noted on Twitter, 'He doesn't pay his taxes but is very bitter with how the government uses whatever it gets. Definition of hypocrisy.'
