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KRA officer charged for allegedly receiving bribe to alter Tax Audit Report

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A Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer was on Thursday arraigned before the Kisumu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly soliciting and receiving a Sh500,000 bribe to manipulate a tax audit report for a private school.

Evans Agumba Oriato, a Customer Care Officer attached to the KRA Kisumu office, faced three counts of receiving a bribe contrary to Section 6(1) as read with Section 18(1) and (2) of the Bribery Act No. 47 of 2016.

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