KRA official allegedly pocketed Sh130,000 to release contaminated sugar

KRA Deputy Commissioner (Investigations Department) Levi Mukhweso and Pamela Ahago, acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Control, before the National Assembly Trade and Investment Committee. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A suspended Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) official allegedly pocketed Sh130,000 to facilitate the release of condemned sugar worth Sh20 million, a parliamentary committee has heard.

KRA officials who appeared before the National Assembly Trade and Investment Committee said that investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had established that a Derrick Kago allegedly received the said payment.