Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki who was dramatically arrested for a Ksh 7.4 million tax evasion charge, after the Director of Public Prosecution failed to produce witnesses.- By Gerald Gekara.
According to court documents, Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot acquitted the charges, after the DPP took too long to produce witnesses to testify against the case.
“The prosecution is not ready to present witnesses even after been given three days to do so,this gives me no option other than to invoke the provisions of section 202 of the criminal procedural code,” the Magistrate said.
The flambouyant owner of Africa Spirits Limited, was dramatically arrested after the DCI raided his factory in Thika
Kariuki then denied the charges and was released on a Ksh.11 million cash bail.
