Two Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees have been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe from a taxpayer seeking assistance in a tax dispute.
The suspects, identified as Faith Gathoni Njoroge and Tyson Marango Owuor, are attached to KRA’s Upper Hill offices in Nairobi.
According to EACC, the arrests followed a complaint from a taxpayer who alleged that the two officials demanded Sh3 million in exchange for influencing the resolution of a Capital Gains Tax assessment valued at Sh4.5 million.
Following the complaint, anti-graft investigators mounted an operation during which the two suspects were allegedly caught receiving Sh900,000, said to be part of the demanded bribe.
The cash was recovered as evidence and the suspects taken into custody.
EACC said the two are currently being processed at the Integrity Centre as investigations continue.
The Commission indicated that appropriate action will be taken under the Anti-Bribery Act, 2016, upon completion of the investigations.
