Day: March 26, 2021
TRUE CALLER’S EFFORTS TO END HARASSMENTS TOWARDS WOMEN
Truecaller’s Bold Campaign Brings Awareness to Harassment By Mary Kibe Truecaller is a technology company of Swedish origin. They have been present in Kenya and across the world for over 10 years now. There commitment to technological innovation…
KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY SEIZES FAKE STAMPS
KRA seizes over 25,000 fake excise stamps at Nairobi water plant By Samuel Migele Kenya Revenue Authority has seized over 25,000 pieces of loose cou nterfeit excise stamps and 5,000 bottles of sky- falls drinking water all affixed with counterfeit excise stamps at a w ater refilling plant in Industrial Area, Nairobi County. KRA officers were acting on an intelligence report when they carrie d out the operation and arrested the proprietor of Tabito Packaging & Suppliers. The factory premises were sealed and the plant closed. The proprietor is working with the Authority to unearth the source of the counterfeit excise stamps. This incident comes two months after KRA closed another water ma nufacturing plant at Ramula Trading Centre off Ramula- Luanda road where several fake excise stamps were found during a night raid in January. During the raid, KRA officers seized 49 cases o f bottled water affixed with counterfeit excise stamps and rolls of counterfeit excise stamps. The possession or use of fake excise stamps is illegal under the Excis e Duty Act, 2015 and the Excise Duty (Excisable Goods Management System) Regulations, 2017. KRA reminds all licensed manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers and general public that all excisable goods other than motor vehicle s are required to be affixed with excise stamps in compliance with the law. The Authority, in collaboration with other government agencies in t he Multi- Agency Team, has been carrying out intelligence operation s and crackdowns to stamp out illicit goods from the market. The fig ht against illicit trade seeks to protect the public from harmful good s, create fair market competition and to protect revenue.