Phylis Njeri Ngirita broke down in court on Thursday, October 24 after she was charged with failing to pay taxes from the money she was paid by the National Youth Service.
Ngirita appeared before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku where she denied four counts of tax evasion and pleaded with the magistrate for a lenient bail.
In a video shared by Daily Nation, she pleaded with the judge, claiming that she did not have the money to pay hefty bails, especially because she was faced with responsibilities like school fees.
She had been accused of trading as Njewanga Enterprises in the supplies tenders to NYS between 2016 and 2017 where she failed to pay taxes totalling to Ksh20.7 million.
Ngirita denied the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh1 million with one surety and alternative cash bail of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on November 7, 2019.
KRA on its website confirmed that she was among three businesswomen who appeared separately in court and charged with tax evasion totalling Ksh40 million.
Caroline Atieno Mango appeared before Milimani Court Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi and faced a total of twenty counts ranging from failure to declare correct amounts in income tax, failure to pay value added tax (VAT) and failure to pay corporate tax from 2014 to 2018 all totalling to Ksh10.7 million.
She pleaded not guilty and was released on a bond of Ksh5 million and alternative bail of Ksh3 million. The case will be heard on November 28, 2019.
Catherine Wanjiku Mwai was charged before Chief Magistrate Mutuku with four counts of tax evasion which included failure to file tax returns, failure to pay corporate tax and failure to pay value added tax (VAT) while trading as Kunjiwa Enterprises between 2016 and 2018.
She denied all the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh1 million with one surety and alternative cash bail of Ksh 500,000. The case will be heard on December 20, 2019.
