Mama Ngina Kenyatta dares KRA to sell her property if she hasn't paid taxes

Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta has launched a scathing attack against a section of Kenya Kwanza politicians accusing her family of not paying taxes.

An agitated Mama Ngina accused the politicians making outrageous remarks about her family's tax payment just so they can be seen by Kenyans to be working.

She is now daring the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to sell her property and use the money to pay the tax arrears, if it finds that the allegations to be true.

“Ukikosa kulipa ile unatakiwa kulipa, lazima vitu vyako vitachukuliwa na kuuzwa. Kwa hivyo hakuna haja...hakuna mambo ya kuwaharibia wengine majina ndio watu wasikike eti wanafanya kazi, wanaendesha nchi, hapana (If you fail to pay taxes, then your property is sold to pay off. So there is no need of mudslinging anybody so that you can be seen to be working),” Mama Ngina, who is former President Uhuru Kenyatta's mother and widow of Kenya's first president, Jomo, was quoted as saying.

While speaking at Tewe in Mepeketoni during an event to launch the Teresa Catholic Church which she helped to construct, Mama Ngina added that the government has proper channels to address the issue of alleged non-payment of taxes.

“Mtu ashtakiwe alipe ile kitu anatakiwa kulipa. Na kama ni mimi, ata nikiwa na mwaka mmoja nimekosea bila kulipa, mali ichukuliwe ilipe ile tax. Kwa hivyo hakuna haja ya kufanya siasa hivi na vile...na watu wanajua hawasemi ukweli, wanataka tu kusema ndio wasikike eti wanataja majina. (Let those who have not paid taxes be prosecuted. If I have failed to pay taxes for one year, sell my property to offset the tax arrears, there is no need to politicise tax issues.”

Some politicians in President William Ruto's administration have targeted the Kenyatta family over alleged failure to pay taxes.