KRA targets ex-finance boss over Sh116 million taxes

From left: Former Nyandarua Chief Finance Officer Michael Kamau, his wife Catherine Wanjiku and mother Agnes Wanjiku when they appeared in court yesterday over tax evasion charges. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

A former county official was yesterday arraigned over failure to pay Sh116 million in taxes to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

Former Nyandarua Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Michael Kamau Kuria, 37, two of his relatives and a business associate appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Nelly Kariuki where they denied tax evasion charges.