By Morris Githenya
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) chairman Antony Mwaura and city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi are engaged in a bitter row.
In a month-long row, KRA Chairman Antony Mwaura gets sour with a professional group defending him against the malicious accusations leveled against him.
Chairman of Murangβa Professional Community Mr Ibrahim Adam accused Ahmednasir for use of unsubstantiated claims to discredit the KRA chairman.
Ibrahim said the association was concerned over the spirited attack to Mwaura by the lawyer through a bimonthly media platform meant to implicate him with awarding himself tax waivers amounting to Sh380.8 million.
He waged an attack against Mwaura using the X Platform alleging that he ordered the sack of KRA Manager Rosemary Mureithi after she failed to award a tender to his children to auction vehicles and tires last year at the Mombasa port.
βThe media is the most powerful avenue that has the power to make the innocent guilty because it controls the minds of the masses,β said Ibrahim.
He said, Mwaura has been a victim of vicious media bullying mounted by Ahmednasir to settle scores with innocent persons.
βIt is instructive to inform the public that Ahmednasir is a business mogul who has interest shares in banks, malls, and real estate properties,β said Ibrahim.
Ibrahim said that following President William Rutoβs government tax reforms to spur socio-economic growth, KRA intensified tax collection amongst Kenyans and ensured compliance with tax and customs laws.
βWe reliably learnt that he approached the KRA through Mwauraβs office to seek tax favours accrued to a financial institution which according to an impeccable source he has a sizeable shares.
The KRA management remained firm in tax collection that prompted the renowned lawyer to pursue a revenge mission by contriving fallacious assertions in the media,β said Ibrahim.
Mwaura disputed the claims fronted by the lawyer challenging him to table the alleged evidence through the requisite legal mechanism.
βThose are wild allegations out to malign my reputation and that of my family,β said Mwaura.
Ahmednasir said has watertight information on the corrupt deals at KRA.
