Businesswoman Mary Wambui Mungai and daughter who are at the center of a Sh 2.2 billion tax evasion scandal have been charged in Nairobi.
Wambui, their company Purma Holdings Limited and Purity Njoki Mungai are accused that between 30th, 2015 and 20th April, 2020 in Nairobi County being a limited company and directors, knowingly and unlawfully failed to pay income tax of Sh 1,626,136,582 payable to the commissioner of tax.
The court further heard that on or before 30th June 2019 in Nairobi, being a limited company and its directors, knowingly and unlawfully failed to pay income tax of Sh 996,272,441, an amount which should have been included in the income tax returns submitted to the commissioner for the year of income 2018.
The duo is facing several other tax related offences including failing to pay VAT amounting Sh 562,006,220.
The two denied the charges before Milimani Law courts Anti-Corruption Senior Principal Magistrate Felix Kombo. They were granted a bond of Sh 150 million with alternative cash bail of Sh 25 million each.
Wambui, through her company Purma has engaged in several businesses with the government and renowned politicians. It is alleged that her company was among those awarded tenders to provide COVID-19 PPEs.
