A former Majority leader at the Kakamega County Assembly was on Tuesday arraigned before a Kakamega Law court and charged with Sh.5.2 million tax fraud
Rashid Rocky Omwendo was charged with three counts of tax fraud amounting to Sh. 3,422,006/- million that resulted from failure to declare income of Kshs.11.7 million on his personal KRA PIN.
He was also separately charged alongside Jackline Mary Ambetsa, with Nambalah Enterprise Limited with twelve counts of tax fraud amounting to Sh .1.8 million.
The charges comprise of counts of fraud in relation to tax, failure to submit tax returns and failure to pay tax by due date as required by law.
The tax fraud offences were committed between 2018 and 2022.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges before Chief Magistrate Philip Mutua and were granted bond of Sh 200, 000.
The case will be mentioned on May 8 2025.
