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KRA Clarifies Reports Of Confiscating Ksh.300K Wedding Dress At JKIA Over Tax

2Nov

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KRA Clarifies Reports Of Confiscating Ksh.300K Wedding Dress At JKIA Over Tax

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has come out to address reports that its customs officers confiscated a wedding dress belonging to a Kenyan lady who had arrived into the country with her foreign lover for their nuptials. According to the claims, the couple was forced to leave behind the dress with KRA officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as they were informed that it had “commercial value” and they unable to pay the required tax. The taxman, in a statement released on Thursday evening, sought to clarify that the wedding dress was subject to duty as it was valued at USD2,000 (Ksh.301,700). This, KRA noted, was above the limit of USD500 (Ksh.75,425) allowable for duty-free items, in accordance with the East African Community Customs Management Act (EACCMA) and othe...

Exposed: Politician in Sh100 million fake gold deal charged

16Oct

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Exposed: Politician in Sh100 million fake gold deal charged

Politician in Sh100 million fake gold deal charged A politician who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) aboard a Kisumu-bound plane last week has been charged with conspiracy to steal USD 90,600 (Sh100 million) in a fake gold transaction. Jonathan Okoth Opande was charged before a Makadara court with two counts of conspiracy to defraud the money from Kitwisit Songsri, a Thai national by purporting that he was in a position to sell him 3kg of gold. Opande is suspected of having swindled Songsri and fellow countryman Nutsaphol Songsri working with a company by the name of Thai Lion Gold Limited, Sh100 million in the purchase of fake gold. Opande denied the charges before Chief Magistrate Francis Kyambîa and he ordered him to be released on a cash bail of ...

Latest Drug Bust By JKIA Detectives Shows How Traffickers Are Getting Smarter

4Oct

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Latest Drug Bust By JKIA Detectives Shows How Traffickers Are Getting Smarter

Exposed,Latest Drug Bust By JKIA Detectives Shows How Traffickers Are Getting Smarter Detectives have seized over 1kg of methamphetamine drug concealed inside bicycle saddles at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). According to the DCI, the consignment bound for Jakarta, Indonesia was stashed among other items declared as bicycle accessories. The narcotics concealed in eleven saddles were shipped from Moroni, Comoros. “Lynx-eyed operational detectives deployed at the airport to tackle immigration crime and suspicious cargo had converged at the DHL shed for a verification exercise, where brown packages with a white crystalline substance were found concealed in eleven saddles. Upon testing, the same tested positive for methamphetamine” DCI said on X. Interpol operations have ...

Revealed, Disabled woman wins Sh4.4m case against Fly540 for discrimination and humiliation

30Sep

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Revealed, Disabled woman wins Sh4.4m case against Fly540 for discrimination and humiliation

The High Court has awarded a disabled woman Sh4.4 million after she was denied access to a Fly540 plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Justice Lucy Njuguna ruled that Jane Njeri Mwangi was discriminated and humiliated by the airline staff, who asked her to either walk up the stairs or be carried by the crew. The judge said the airline violated Ms Mwangi’s rights to dignity, freedom of movement and access to public services as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Persons with Disabilities Act. Ms Mwangi had booked a flight to Mombasa to attend a workshop on April 20, 2016. She arrived at the airport three hours before departure and checked in her luggage. However, when she reached the boarding gate, she was told that the aircraft had no provision for wheelch...