A man has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts for
conducting and dealing with gold business and failing to file returns
with the Kenya Revenue Authority.
The
accused Yuni Maalim Muktar, is also charged of being in possession of 7
gold metallic bars, 2 gold raw and 1 nugget gold weighing 4433.22grams
valued at Ksh. 17,888,117 million without a permit from the state
department of geology and mining.
Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrate, Kennedy Cheruiyot he pleaded not guilty. However
through his lawyer the accused is said to be a junior employee of
Pacific Ocean Company Limited and according to KRA his bank account had a
huge amount of money and as a Kenyan citizen he defaulted the
obligation to pay tax returns. Therefore, it is not yet clear how his
bank account had such a huge amount of money.
He will be released on a bond of Ksh.5M and an alternative cash bail of Ksh. 500,000.
