Railway firm evaded Sh800m tax, court told

RVR petitioned the court to force the State to refund Sh1.6 billion, money it claims was paid for road maintenance levy. [Courtesy]

The Government might have lost Sh800 million taxes in the deal between Kenya Railways Corporation (KR) and Rift Valley Railways (RVR).

It emerged in court that RVR has unpaid taxes ranging from customs duty, corporate tax and Value Added Tax (VAT).