Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika with her husband Sam Mburu at President Ruto’s former residence in Karen, Nairobi.
Samuel Mburu Kamau, the husband of Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika, is on trial for tax fraud allegations presented against him by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
Appearing before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul, a KRA investigator, Patrick Mugambi, narrated how they raided Landmark Freight Services Limited—a premise linked to the governor’s husband—and discovered containers with uncleared imported goods.
The witness told the court that his team interrogated the “Simba System” which is used by KRA to verify details of an exporter or importer, and the description and quantity in the container being processed.
Following the check, they discovered misdeclaration as compared to what was contained in the system and physical forms.
Mr Mugambi says he questioned several staff involved and finally made recommendations to the commissioner.
He recommended some officials of KRA intelligence, Harry Thuo and Esther Maina, to face a disciplinary committee.
Some of the accused persons alongside Sam Mburu in the ongoing trial include: Esther Wangui Watene, Ali Thuo Chuphi, Alex Maina Ndiritu, Cornelius Mwanyamba Mwango and Cheruiyot Busongo.
Others are George Gikaru Kamau, Ibrahim Twahir Mohamed, Harrison Ngige Muchiri, Ms Gendipe Enterprises and Wycliffe Lukaro.
The charges state that they conspired to defraud the government of Sh6 million between January 24 and January 29, 2018, by falsely declaring the said goods as machinery, which attracts lesser tax.
They are alleged to have tried to conceal the import of nine containers of 20ft beach containing a total of 12060 units of 20 litres Hayat Palm brand of cooking oil, which was to attract a tax of Sh6 million.
On their part, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) inspectors Cornelious Mwanyamba Mwango and Frederick Cheruiyot Busonga are accused of unlawfully releasing the nine (9) non-inspected and unverified containers.
Watene and Thuo Chuphi are accused of conniving to conceal the consignment of imported goods by fraudulently declaring them as machinery, an act intended to defraud the government of Kenya.
The trial will proceed next year when a second witness is expected to testify against the accused persons.
Governor Kihika and Sam Mburu met in 2013 after Kihika returned to Kenya to join politics after being in the United States for at least 20 years.
As a wealthy businessman with deep political connections, Mburu helped Kihika learn the ropes within a short space of time.
After the 2013 General Election, she was appointed the Nakuru County Assembly Speaker.
The position enabled her to build political networks and in 2017 she successfully ran for the Nakuru Senatorial seat.
Mburu is said to have funded her well-oiled campaigns.
The couple officiated their union in a colourful wedding in November 2020.
The ceremony was attended by President-elect William Ruto and other leaders.
However, Kihika was married as a second wife, though now Mburu has parted ways with the first wife.
The first wife, Beatrice Wanjiku got engaged to Mburu in 2003, and they were blessed with two children.
After the separation, she took him to court, demanding Ksh757,000 every month for upkeep.
However, the court ordered Mburu to be paying 597,000 monthly to his estranged wife for their children’s maintenance.
Mburu is the founder of Landmark Freight Services, a shipping agency with offices in Kenya and China.
He has also made huge investments in real estate in Nairobi, Nakuru and Kajiado counties.
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