A Nairobi court has issued a warrant of arrest against businesswoman Phyllis Ngirita of failing to appear in court for the hearing of the Sh20 million tax evasion case.
The warrant of arrest was issued today by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi.
“I hereby issue a warrant of arrest against the accused and summons to the investigating officer and the accused to appear in court,” ordered Bernard Ochoi.
Ngirita, who is one of the suspects charged in phase 2 of the National Youth Service (NYS) corruption scandal, facing four counts of failure to submit a tax return contrary to the law.
She is accused of failing to pay taxes amounting to Sh20 million between December 2016 and December 2017.
She allegedly failed to submit the Sh7 million and Sh13 million taxes in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Appearing before chief magistrate Martha Mutuku in a Milimani court, the accused denied all the charges.
Through lawyer Evans Ondieki, Ngirita sought for lenient bail and bond terms claiming her family has been struggling and has even been going hungry.
She said her son has been out of school because of fee arrears because all her bank accounts are currently frozen.
The accused informed Mutuku that the son, whose father is German, had been urging her to change his name so he can study comfortably.
The prosecution sought to have her given stringent bail and bond terms.
She was granted Sh1 million bond and an alternative Sh1 million bail.