BY SAM ALFAN.
Kiambu businesswoman Mary Wambui Mungai and her daughter Purity have been charged before the Anti-Corruption Court over Sh2.2 billion tax evasion.
Mungai who is the Director Purma Holdings ltd and Purity appeared before Anti-Corruption chief magistrate Felix Kombo and denied the charges.
The charges stated that being directors of Purma Holdings, they knowingly and unlawfully failed to pay income tax Sh1, 626,136.582 payable to the commissioner of tax. They allegedly committed the offence between April 30, 2015 and April 20,2020 in Nairobi County.
They are accused that on or before June 30,2019 in Nairobi being a limited company and its directors knowingly and unlawfully failed to pay income tax of Sh996, 272,441 an amount which should have been included in the income tax returns submitted to the commissioner for the year of income 2018.
Other charges were failing to pay VAT of Sh562,006,220.
The court ordered them to deposit a bond of Sh50 million and two sureties each or alternative cash bail of Sh25 million each.
Magistrate Kombo directed the accused to deposit all their travelling documents including a temporary permit for the Republic of Zambia belonging to Wambui which was recovered from their hotel room at Weston Hotel.
They were barred from travelling outside the jurisdiction of the court without court permission or interfering with the witnesses.
The duo were also directed to present themselves to DCI officers attached to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on December 14 for processing.
