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KRA official allegedly pocketed Sh130,000 to release contaminated sugar

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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.

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