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German firm SAP to pay Sh35b to settle KRA bribery charges

Kenya Revenue headquarters. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

SAP, the German software company, will pay US regulators about $222 million (Sh34.9 billion) in fines to resolve investigations into bribery schemes in Kenya and six other countries, US authorities said last week.

US authorities have been probing SAP Africa for bribing government officials around the world including the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in exchange for lucrative tenders.

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