Kenya Revenue Authority officials discovered smugglers removing original packaging from imported goods to pass them off as secondhand merchandise and evade taxes. The tactic surfaced on Monday after authorities arrested a businessman at Merti Law Courts in Isiolo with eight mobile phones hidden in luggage aboard a public bus. Investigators said the devices came from Ethiopia through the Moyale border without packaging to appear used. The authority charged the man under the East African Community Customs Act for possessing uncustomed goods.
Four people faced separate charges in Eldoret over counterfeit alcohol operations that cost the government 446,456 shillings in lost revenue. Senior Principal Magistrate Onkoba Mogire heard prosecutors accuse three men and one woman of running an unlicensed plant in Ngeria where officers seized drinks with fake excise stamps. The defendants denied manufacturing excisable goods without permits and won release on a 200,000 shillings bond. The case returns to court on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
Four people faced separate charges in Eldoret over counterfeit alcohol operations that cost the government 446,456 shillings in lost revenue. Senior Principal Magistrate Onkoba Mogire heard prosecutors accuse three men and one woman of running an unlicensed plant in Ngeria where officers seized drinks with fake excise stamps. The defendants denied manufacturing excisable goods without permits and won release on a 200,000 shillings bond. The case returns to court on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
