Vincent Ndeti and his Wiper-nominated MCA wife charged with Ksh300M tax fraud
By Zipporah Ngwatu, March 27, 2026Vincent Somba Ndeti has been charged alongside his wife, Hellen Ndeti, a nominated Member of the County Assembly (MCA), with fraud.
The two, Somba and MCA Hellen, have been charged with fraud in relation to tax contrary to Section 97(c) as read with Section 104(3) of the Tax Procedures Act 2015 of over Ksh300 million.
Appearing before Milimani Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo on Friday, March 27, 2026, Somba and MCA Hellen Ndeti have denied all eight charges against them, and a plea of not guilty was entered.
Their lawyer urged the court to grant his clients to be released on a reasonable bond and bail, noting that they are not a flight risk and have a well-known fixed abode.
“Your honour, I pray that the two accused persons be released on a reasonable bond and cash bail. They are not a flight risk and have a fixed abode,” the defence lawyer submitted to court.
The prosecution said that they were not opposed to bond but requested the court order that the accused deposit their passports in court, telling the court that the first accused person resides in the United States of America (USA).
However, the defence lawyer objected to the prosecution’s request for his clients to deposit their passports, arguing that despite the fact that Somba resides in the US, he has been religiously attending summons since 2022 without fail.
The court released the two on a bond of Ksh3 million with an alternative of Ksh500,000 cash bail.
“The two accused persons have been granted a bond of Ksh3 million or paid a cash bail of Ksh500,000 each with two contact persons,” Magistrate Onsarigo ruled.
According to the charge sheet, the two, on June 30, 2022, jointly with others not before court, knowingly and unlawfully made an incorrect statement in their income tax returns for the year of income 2019 by claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh 2,090,960, thereby reducing their income tax liability by Ksh 782,586.
The accused have also been charged with knowingly and unlawfully making an incorrect statement in value added tax returns for the period of 2019 by claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh 3,074,760, thereby reducing their value added tax liability by Ksh 491,962 between the period of February 20, 2019, and January 20, 2020.
In another count, Somba and MCA Hellen, jointly with others not before court, have been charged with knowingly and unlawfully making incorrect statements in their income tax returns for the year of income 2020 by underdeclaring income of Ksh2,451,562 and claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh220,186,512, thereby reducing the income tax liability by Ksh55,702,119 on or before June 2020.
The State has charged the accused persons for declaring income of Ksh2,451,562 and claiming a fictitious purchase of Ksh319,352,512, thereby reducing the value-added tax liability by Ksh51.4 million.
“Between February 20, 2020, and January 20, 2021, at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, being the directors of Sollenti International Limited and a limited liability company registered as such vide CPR/2013/92629 and a registered taxpayer under KRA Personal Identification Number (PIN) P051414659I, respectively, jointly with others not before the court, knowingly and unlawfully made an incorrect statement in your value added tax returns for the period 2020 by under-declaring income of Ksh2,451,562 and claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh319,352,512, thereby reducing your value added tax liability by Ksh51,488,652,” part of the charge sheet reads.
Further, the prosecution has also charged them for unlawfully making incorrect statements in their income tax returns for the year of income 2021 by under declaring income of Ksh52,927,615 and claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh345,923,639, thereby reducing their income tax liability by Ksh119,669,399.
The two who, according to the charge sheet, are the directors of Sollenti Limited have been accused of making incorrect statements in their value-added tax returns for the period 2021 by under declaring income of Ksh 52,927,549 and claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh 476,842,239, thereby reducing their value-added tax liability by Ksh 84,763,166 between February 20, 2021, and January 20, 2022.
The two have been charged with unlawfully making an incorrect statement in your income tax returns for the year of income 2022 by claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh 125,885,230, thereby reducing your income tax liability by Ksh 37,774,932, on June 30, 2023.
On the last count, they have been charged with the unlawful making of an incorrect statement in their value-added tax returns for the period 2022 by under-declaring income by Ksh 6,938,134 and claiming fictitious purchases of Ksh 222,546,380, thereby reducing value-added tax liability by Ksh 36,717,522.