{"id":144563,"date":"2026-06-22T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kra-officials-arrested-in-sh3-million-bribery-scheme-linked-to-tax-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:52","slug":"kra-officials-arrested-in-sh3-million-bribery-scheme-linked-to-tax-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kra-officials-arrested-in-sh3-million-bribery-scheme-linked-to-tax-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"KRA Officials Arrested In Sh3 Million Bribery Scheme Linked To Tax Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 22 \u2014 Two Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees have been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over allegations of demanding millions of shillings from a taxpayer in exchange for influencing the outcome of a tax assessment case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspects, Faith Gathoni Njoroge and Tyson Marango Owuor, both attached to KRA\u2019s Upper Hill offices in Nairobi, were arrested following an undercover operation conducted by EACC after a taxpayer reported an alleged bribery demand.<\/p>\n<p>According to the anti-graft agency, the two officials allegedly solicited Sh3 million from the complainant, promising to use their positions to influence the resolution of a Capital Gains Tax assessment valued at Sh4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on the complaint, the Commission conducted an operation during which the suspects were allegedly caught receiving Kes900,000, being part payment of the bribe,\u201d EACC said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The cash was recovered as evidence, and the two officials were immediately arrested.<\/p>\n<p>EACC said the suspects are currently being processed at the Integrity Centre as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the probe, the Commission is expected to recommend charges under the Anti-Bribery Act, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-graft agency reiterated its commitment to combating corruption in public service and encouraged citizens to report officials who solicit bribes or abuse their offices for personal gain.<\/p>\n<p>The latest arrests come amid intensified efforts by oversight agencies to restore public trust in government institutions and strengthen accountability in the management of tax and public revenue matters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 22 \u2014 Two Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees have been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over allegations of demanding millions of shillings from a taxpayer in exchange for influencing the outcome of a tax assessment case. The suspects, Faith Gathoni Njoroge and Tyson Marango Owuor, both attached to KRA\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}