​KRA Intercepts 21,600 Smuggled Highend Smartphones

The KRA enforcement teams have intercepted an undeclared consignment of 21,600 units of high-end smartphones worth Ksh 16,102,137 in tax at the Eldoret International Airport.

The consignment was part of consolidated items that included 5,000 declared units of smartphones worth Ksh 6.4 million, shoes, clothes, auto spare parts, household items, and other electronic accessories. The consignment was intercepted following an intelligence report.

The consignments were consigned to Pemba Cargo Limited and were declared by Portyard Limited through a cargo plane that arrived on 18^th September, 2025.

Investigations have established that the declarations of the goods were made either expressly or under consolidated cargo under each category.

The tax evasion scheme is a contravention of sections 203 of the East Africa Community Customs Act, (EACCMA) 2004 which states in part that a person who, in any matter relating to the Customs makes any entry which is false or incorrect in any particular, or in any way is knowingly concerned in any fraudulent evasion of the payment of any duty commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars.

KRA is actively engaged in unearthing tax evasion schemes in order to boost tax revenue compliance as well as adherence to tax laws and procedures, hence ensuring fair trade is maintained within the market.

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