Nairobi: Man charged with forging KRA VIP parking ticket

A Nairobi-based man was charged by the Milimani Law Courts for allegedly forging a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) VIP ticket.

The suspect, David Ogola Origa, who pleaded not guilty was arrested after County Revenue officers on routine rounds in the Nairobi CBD came across a vehicle with the said ticket on its windscreen.

Upon verifying the ticket's authenticity on the Nairobi Revenue System (NRS), the officers discovered that it was not in the database.

When questioned by the officers, the owner of the vehicle identified Origa as the person who sold him the ticket, leading to his arrest.

Origa is currently in police custody awaiting trial.

The taxman consequently warned Kenyans that all VIP tickets are managed on the NRS system.

“A list of all vehicles that qualify for the sticker has been uploaded in the system. Members of the public are therefore advised to verify that the stickers displayed on their vehicles are valid to avoid clamping and impounding of their vehicles,” KRA said in a statement.

In an unrelated incident, Samuel Mwangi was charged before Bungoma Law Courts for allegedly conveying uncustomed goods, being in possession of uncustomed goods and concealing imported goods.

This was after KRA Customs officers at the Lwakhakha Border Point intercepted a motor vehicle ferrying 30 drums of uncustomed ethanol concealed with 102 bags of oranges and 13 bags of rice husks. 

He pleaded not guilty and was granted a bond of Ksh. 800,000 and an alternative surety of a similar amount.

In Naivasha, two senior officials of Mashwa Breweries Limited were on Tuesday likewise charged for being in possession of excisable goods not affixed with excise stamps, excisable goods affixed with counterfeit excise stamps, counterfeit excise stamps and restricted goods.

"The two were found with over two thousand bottles of Santana ice vodka which had not been affixed with excise stamps while sixty bottles were affixed with counterfeit excise stamps,” KRA said.

"Thirty-five thousand counterfeit excise stamps and fourteen drums of ethanol were also recovered from the premises. "

Their cases will be mentioned on March 9, 2022, after the duo denied the charges.