Fresh details have emerged from the office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) regarding the loss of Sh100 billion from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in six months.
On Wednesday DCI boss Mr George Kinoti revealed that the tax man lost the money in tax evasion by some unscrupulous businessman at the Mombasa Port.
"In the past six months alone, Kenyans may have lost about Sh100 billion in tax evasion and sale of substandard goods," said Kinoti.
According to Kinoti, the rogue officials at the Port must have facilitated the unscrupulous businessmen by passing the fake declarations to attract less fees thus denying the taxman the required amount for the import duty. The officials also allowed the inflow of counterfeit goods because they had been promised cash kickbacks by the rogue businessmen.
The DCI boss has said that several high profiled individuals have already been lined up for questioning and subsequent prosecution.
"A comprehensive report on our findings will be released next week. We will have recommendations therein on how to fill the loopholes," said the DCI boss.