Renowned Kenyan Activist Morara Kebaso has finally broken his silence after reports that the government had gone after him over unpaid taxes.
In a statement January 9, Kebaso called out the public nature of the probe despite tax matters being a private matter.
“Tax matters are private and confidential. I don’t know why mine is being investigated in the media.State agencies should not be weaponized to silence voices of truth and accountability. This is a clear attempt to push me to my knees so that I agree to collaborate with corrupt leaders in the mismanagement of our country.”
According to the activist, the entire process was a political witchhunt which he believed was clear to Kenyans.
“Kenyans are very wise they can differentiate a genuine tax investigation and a political witchhunt. I will continue to speak truth to power without fear.”
Kebaso moreover distanced himself from a company namely Igrow Digital Enterprise stating that it was a youth group registered in 2014 by his campus mates but it never took off due to lack of funding.
“For the record, I do not own Igrow Digital Enterprise. It is a youth group that we registered as schoolmates in 2014 when we were in the university.The business never started because we did not get the capital to start. We hoped to get money from the government through the Youth Enterprise Fund but never got it.”
His response came hours after it was reported that the taxman was going after his businesses over Ksh 27 million in unpaid taxes over three years.
According to the report, Kebaso has three bank accounts for his real estate and furniture businesses and one registered to him.
