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Tax wars: Is this the end of Keroche's nine lives?

Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja when she addressed the media regarding the latest standoff between Keroche breweries and the Kenya Revenue Authority. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Keroche Breweries Ltd was founded on love and Sh500,000, it has been told. But its cat and mouse relationship with the taxman has sucked the life out of the 25-year-old company.

The tax battle between Keroche and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been brewing since 1998, barely a year after the firm was founded in Naivasha as a fortified fruit wines brewery.

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