Devki tycoon loses tax concession after auditor’s protests

Devki Group CEO Narendra Raval

Devki Group CEO Narendra Raval at his steel smelting plant in Samburu, Kwale County on September 11, 2022. 

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Steel and cement billionaire Narendra Raval has lost a mining levy concession after the Auditor-General raised concerns that he enjoyed undue advantage over his rivals.

Mr Raval’s firm, National Cement Company, was in 2020 allowed to pay a lower mining levy of Sh100 per tonne of cement while rivals paid a higher charge of Sh140, triggering protests from competitors and the public auditor.

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