Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja Declares Bid for Nakuru Senator Seat
Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja has decided to join politics after over 30 years in business.
The 57-year-old businesswoman declared her bid for Nakuru senatorial seat during a media briefing in Naivasha on Tuesday.
Tabitha pointed out that she arrived at the decision after months of consultations with family and friends, adding that she has all it takes to represent the cosmopolitan county at the Senate.
“For months we have been involved in consultations with close friends and I feel it’s time I gave this seat a shot,” said Tabitha.
She added: “I have been at the centre of the unfair business practices and given a chance I would introduce laws that would protect investors and increase business opportunities.”
Tabitha co-founded Keroche Breweries with her husband Joseph Karanja in 1997. The Naivasha-based company has grown to be the second-largest alcoholic beverages producer in Kenya.
Tabitha won the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (Transformational Business Award) in 2015 and also received the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) award from President Mwai Kibaki.
Keroche is currently embroiled in a court battle with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over alleged tax arrears amounting to Sh14 billion.
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She will do a much better…
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She will do a much better job than Susan kihika! Susan is all about corruption with DP Ruto!
I will vote for this woman…
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I will vote for this woman with all certainty over Susan Kihiga whose riding on his late father’s wealth! This woman is a self made billionaire & she’s actually out in the work!
Go THABI
Mukami wants to join senate…
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Mukami wants to join senate to take over her company’s TAX-EVASION PROTECTION DUTIES from muchawi Raila.It is well known that the useless senate was re-introduced by error.Or what are the functions of senate other than creation of a few billionaires and duplication of duties to the parliament ones?
Why not, the government has…
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Why not, the government has tried to screw her over and she is self made! Yes better tax evasion than stealing public coffers in broad daylight. She has at least employed folks ot there unlike the other thieves in parliament etc!
@Wangu wa makeri very true…
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@Wangu wa makeri very true.She is joining politics to protect her bizness after envading taxes.Susan kihika will beat her by 8am.Tutakula hio pes yake but UDA all the way
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