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Keroche Breweries is at risk of being closed again after the taxman moved to court claiming that the brewer had failed to comply with a court order to pay tax arrears.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) filed a certificate of urgency before Justice Alfred Mabeya of the High Court's Commercial and Tax Division after the Naivasha-based brewer allegedly reneged on a payment agreement over a Sh14 billion tax dispute.
KRA argues in its application that even after it opened the plant, Keroche Breweries, whose chief executive Tabitha Karanja, who was recently elected Nakuru Senator, refused to pay taxes ordered by the court.
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