Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja has stepped down as Keroche Breweries CEO.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, Tabitha stated that she wants to deliver to the Nakuru residents who elected her. Keroche’s Chief Financial Officer Potas Anaya was named the new CEO. Tabitha acknowledged that it is time for her to resign after 25 years of dominating the helm of the company.
“I also believe I leave an organisation well-positioned to meet the opportunities and challenges of being a national and international leader in the Kenyan and African beverages industry,” she said.
Tabitha, the founder of Keroche Breweries, created something revolutionary: Kenya’s first home-grown beer and alcoholic drink manufacturer. In 2010, then-President Mwai Kibaki recognized her accomplishments by awarding her the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S.) Award. But even with the accomplishments, her company is entangled in a tax dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority and in April 2023, she was accused of not paying a sum of Sh 14.5 billion in taxes.
The Nakuru senator appeared before the Milimani senior principal magistrate Esther Kimilu and denied 10 charges of tax evasion. This is after the prosecution asked to amend the charges, saying some particulars were missing in the 2019 charge sheet. The charge sheet alleged that the defendant and the company had, between February 20, 2015, and January 20, 2016, unlawfully made incorrect statements in their excise duty returns by reducing their duty by Sh1.8 billion
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Tabby is playing with our heads.