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DPP wants action on KRA officer caught taking bribe
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What you need to know:
- After receiving the laptop from a cousin in the US, the complainant was instructed to pay import duty amounting to Sh100,974.
- The anti-corruption agency forwarded the report to the DPP on July 10, with recommendations to charge the KRA official.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to take administrative action against an officer who was caught taking a bribe.
The officer, based at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, is accused of colluding with officials of a global logistics firm to demand higher taxes for a laptop a Kenyan was receiving from a relative in the US, before asking for a Sh40,000 bribe to review the taxes downwards.
