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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), in collaboration with multi-agency enforcement team, has destroyed contraband goods worth Sh218 million that were seized during coordinated crackdowns in Nairobi and the Coast region.
The destruction exercise was conducted simultaneously at Envirosafe Limited in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Athi River and at a designated disposal site in Voi, Taita-Taveta County.
The consignment comprised a wide range of illicit excisable products, including various brands of beer, spirits and bottled water confiscated during market surveillance and enforcement operations by KRA's Medium and Small Taxpayers Enforcement Division.
Investigations found that the products violated several laws governing the manufacture, importation and sale of excisable goods. The offences included the use of counterfeit excise stamps, swapped and non-activated excise stamps, production by unlicensed manufacturers, and other tax evasion schemes designed to circumvent Kenya's excise duty regime.
