
Jilk Construction, the firm that sought court orders to freeze Diageo's Sh388 billion exit from East African Breweries over an unresolved Kisumu brewery claim, has been hit with a Sh1.3 billion tax demand by the Kenya Revenue Authority. The Tax Appeals Tribunal found that when the taxman requested invoices, ledgers and muster rolls from the company, most of the required paperwork was missing, undermining its position and upholding the assessment, according to Kenya Insights.
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