A recent crackdown on underworld traders running illegitimate businesses in Kisumu and Western regions has exposed rogue Asians who pose as car dealers but flood the market with contraband goods and evade tax.
The crackdown ordered by Deputy Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow unearthed rogue Asian businessmen who have over the years boasted of full protection from crooked KRA officials.
Two Asians with business interest in Western region and a car dealing business in Kisumu are now on the radar of Police and KRA over their involvement in contraband goods.
Gabow has ordered all police officers across the country to maintain vigilance in their areas of responsibility and to carry out intelligence-led crackdowns to combat all forms of tax evasion.
The police boss raised concerns over unscrupulous businessmen devising ways to evade taxes thus badly affecting projected revenue generation targets by KRA.
The taxman has also been directed to launch thorough investigations into the operations of Sammy Traders who is embroiled in a tax evasion racket.
The owner of Sammy Traders is also linked to fraudulent schemes where car buyers are coerced into arrangements that have seen unsuspecting buyers lose millions of shillings.
Investigations are also digging into the immigration status of the four individuals listed as the directors of the shady company. The owner of Sammy Traders is involved in dark activities his company has consistently under-declared and grossly omitted income derived from its business and services.
His racket has dealt the KRA major blows in its attempts to hit its targets in revenue collection. The four tainted businessmen are colluding with crooked officers from KRA to escape raids by KRA on eliminating tax evasion in the country.
The business is located along Angawa Avenue, Kisumu and it boasts to be Kenya’s largest automotive marketplace, featuring more than 800 cars. They deal in both used and new cars which are sold on cash or through higher purchase.
Mr. Surendra Patel , another Asian tycoon based in Kisumu and owner of Tuff Foam mattresses which has production plants in Kisumu and Nairobi is also heavily involved in tax evasion and dumping of contraband goods in Kenya by bribing KRA officials.
