A company behind the importation of 24,000 substandard power extension cables worth Sh2.5 million from China has been named.
This came as Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and Kenya Revenue Authority announced they are tightening the noose on tax evaders and importers of fake goods.
Faces behind this companies can now be revealed after it emerged that Hilalium and Sons are not new to controversy around tax evasion, document fraud and importation of substandard goods in the country.
Hilalium and Sons Limited is owned by Lihui Wang a Chinese national and John Kiumi Wambugu.
The consignment was handed to the Kenya Revenue Authority for reshipment to the country of origin or destruction at the owner’s cost as per the Standard Act.
The 40-foot container, imported by a Chinese company arrived in the country a week ago and was offloaded at a cargo clearing agency.
According to officials, it contained 30 cartons of Ailyons-brand extension sockets, weighing 15,390 kilograms.
In March of 2023 KRA investigated the company behind the importation and established their involvent in tax evasion activities thus denying the Kenyan government millions tax revenue.
The container imported by was accompanied by a Certificate of Conformity (CoC), but on closer look at the document, KEBS established that the documentation doesn’t tally with the actual product that accompanied the cargo, said KEBS Managing Director Esther Ngari in Mombasa.
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