KRA DISCIPLINARY CASES 2004-2005 - Kenya Revenue Authority

Stations, entries purported to be exporting goods across
the borders were presented to Customs officers. The
revenue officers in these stations endorsed the export
entries without verifying the existence of the goods and the
vehicles transporting the goods, which is against the
standard procedure. The Preventive guards on the other
hand entered the entries in the outward rotation registers
without seeing the goods as is required. The officers
received money from the presenters of the entries as an
inducement to pass the entries and allow the goods cross
the borders against the standard procedure.
PENALTY: The revenue officers were retired in Authority’s Interest for
negligence of duty and questionable integrity whereas the
services of the Preventive Guards were terminated for
dishonesty, lack of integrity and loss of confidence in them
as employees.
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2.4. THEFT
2.4.1 Case Number: DISC/22&24/06/2004
Department: CUSTOMS SERVICES
Station: NAIROBI - JKIA
CHARGE:
STEALING BY PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE
PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRARY TO SECTION 280
OF PENAL CODE AND CONTRAVENTION OF
SECTIONS 4.1.1, 4.1.9, & 4.1.25 OF THE KRA CODE
OF CONDUCT
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
Two cashiers attached to the Directorate of Civil Aviation
stole a total of USD104, 025 equivalent to Kshs.8.2 million
which they had received as revenue on Air Navigation
charges at JKIA in a span of two years. They were arrested
and arraigned before the Anti-corruption court charged
with the offence of stealing by persons in the Public
service. Investigations established that they stole this
money through falsification of receipts, by indicating the
correct amount collected on the original receipt to the
client, and less on the duplicate copy for KRA. They would
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