Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has gone after a former National Treasury junior official who earned over Sh600 million in a period of six years while on a salary of measly Sh16,000 per month but failed to remit the required taxes.
38-year-old Elvine Leware Macager, who worked as a clerk at the National Treasury, is said to have received Sh664 million between 2010 and 2016 through bank accounts of 16 companies registered under his name, according to The Standard.
In June this year, KRA issued Macager with a tax demand of Sh313 million, which include VAT (Sh108 million), income tax (Sh199 million), PAYE (Sh5 million) and capital gains of Sh700,000 for a plot of land he sold in Ruiru in 2016 for Sh14 million.
Macager, who allegedly quit his job in 2018, earned the millions from doing business with the government but failed to meet tax obligations. He first received Sh27.8 million for consultancy services he provided for the construction of an abattoir under a company registered as Beachetts services in September 2014.
A further Sh103 million was channeled into his accounts between April and December 2014, being payments on consultancy on veterinary and construction services. Out of the amount, Sh27 million was not captured in the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS).
He was also paid Sh42.5 million in October 2014 after Ndegwil Insights and Services, a company linked to him provided consultancy services on resource utilization. Macager similarly provided consultancy services on youth employment under another company named Endlevel Services where he received Sh38 million and a further Sh43 million for his work on poverty mitigation under Vilekat Information in November 2014.
In June 2016, he also received Sh24 million from the State Department of Sports and the trend of millions being wired into his accounts continued in the subsequent months before he resigned from his position at the National Treasury.
Despite receiving more than Sh600 million in his accounts, Macager only owns a block of apartments, several high-end vehicles and has managed to tour Dubai, The Standard reported. With a net worth of Sh100 million, questions have been raised on whether Macager was only being used as a proxy.
Corruption in Kenya is too…
Corruption in Kenya is too systemic; a cancer that has largely spread deep and wide across the divide!! No wonder many Kenyans pride themselves in stolen wealth in this man-eat-man society! Some one correctly referred to our beloved country as the “Animal Farm!” Does this mean most Kenyans are animals? Change your animalistic tendencies to civilized reasonable beings if you get mad of my asking the obvious “animal” question!
Now, he is going to use the…
Now, he is going to use the same proceeds to bribe whoever is running after him. Kenya for you