BAT bribed KRA officials to spy on rival Mastermind

Top-ranking Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials received hefty bribes from cigarette maker British American Tobacco to spy on a rival firm, documents used in the BBC corruption exposé of the corporate scandal show.

The kickbacks were paid to the KRA officials to hand over tax files belonging to rival Mastermind Tobacco — maker of the Supermatch  cigarettes — to the London-based company, the BBC exposé says.