The KRA enforcement teams have intercepted an undeclared consignment of 21,600 units of high-end smart phones worth KES16,102,137 in tax at the Eldoret International Airport.
The consignment was part of consolidated items that included 5,000 declared units of smartphone worth KES6.4 million, shoes, clothes, auto spare parts, household items and other electronic accessories. The consignment was intercepted following an intelligence report.
The consignments were consigned to Pemba Cargo Limited and was declared by Portyard Limited through a cargo plane that arrived on September 18, 2025.
Investigations have established that the declarations of the goods were done either expressly or under consolidated cargo under each category.
The tax evasion scheme is a contravention of sections 203 of the East Africa Community Customs Act, (EACCMA) 2004 which states in part that a person who, in any matter relating to customs makes any entry which is false or incorrect in any particular or in any way is knowingly concerned in any fraudulent evasion of the payment of any duty commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars
KRA is actively engaged in unearthing tax evasion schemes in order to boost tax revenue compliance as well as adherence to tax laws and procedures, hence ensuring fair trade is maintained within the market.
