Deepak Rajoriya and Oki General Trading Kenya Limited
At the heart of this complex web of dishonesty is Oki General Trading Kenya Limited, whose activities, led by Deepak Rajoriya, have been linked to schemes that embezzle millions from public coffers while avoiding accountability by taking advantage of legal loopholes and corporate structures.
From what we have seen on the ground, this is not a one-off error or mismanagement. It is a deliberate strategy to move money out of the country while keeping the authorities off balance,” a senior insider familiar with Oki’s Kenyan operations revealed.
The company has long positioned itself as a service-orientated business, offering comprehensive procurement and logistics solutions across continents, from electronics and food to cars and relief supplies in conflict areas. It is a global procurement and supply services company with its headquarters located in Dubai.
It has relationships with manufacturers, shipping companies, and brand distributors all over the world, and its operational footprint includes the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
However, the company’s operations in Kenya reveal a troubling reality behind the polished façade of strategic procurement and international logistics: the company has been linked to intentional schemes aimed at undermining the tax system for personal gain.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) recently exposed a sophisticated and unrepentantly brazen tax evasion scheme that involved Oki General Trading and a network of interconnected shell companies. The scheme was worth millions of dollars.
The illegal importation of perfumes worth over USD 300,000, which was cleared with a pitiful duty of KSh 2 million—so insignificant that it shows deliberate and calculated evasion rather than simple administrative oversight—was at the heart of the scandal.
The intricate planning that goes into these operations is best illustrated by the structural manipulation of corporate entities.
The initial import documentation was filed under Satnam Limited, a dormant entity overwhelmed by outstanding tax obligations, only for the transaction to be almost immediately shifted to Satnam Kenya Investment Limited, thereby concealing the fraud and erasing accountability.
One insider described the methodical nature of Rajoriya and Badlani’s corporate scheming, saying, “They have perfected a constant rotation of dormant companies so that nobody can pin down liabilities or track the money.”
This so-called “shell shuffle” exemplifies the defining characteristic of Rajoriya’s operational strategy, a pattern in which concealment is combined with meticulous document manipulation and a relentless effort to evade regulatory enforcement, creating a smooth process that permits fraudulent activities to go mostly unnoticed.
To make matters worse, Satnam Limited director Karan Badlani lived in Kenya for more than two and a half years without a valid visa, but he still carried out fraudulent activities. Business operations unfettered, seemingly under the shield of governmental inaction.
“It was common knowledge internally that Badlani operated without proper documentation, and yet no one in the local system intervened. Everyone knew it, but the company simply kept moving forward,” said a source close to the process. Rajoriya and Badlani’s partnership is set up to take advantage of business and legal weaknesses:
Rajoriya orchestrates the manipulation of import documentation, while Badlani operates a network of shell companies to obscure the financial trail.
Together, they have constructed a formidable apparatus that syphons wealth from Kenya while imposing the costs of these operations on ordinary taxpayers.
The economic consequences of these actions are immediate and tangible.
The money taken from public coffers by the fraudulent consignment that was cleared under their control deprives hospitals of funding and diverts resources from schools, denying critical investment in infrastructure, while simultaneously financing the luxurious lifestyles of those who operate with impunity.
The amount of wealth they extract from these transactions is staggering. Offices in Nairobi were buzzing about personal expenses being paid straight from profits that should have gone to taxes,” an anonymous insider disclosed.
The effects of this intentional subversion extend well beyond personal transformation. sanctions, eroding public trust, undermining the rule of law, and weakening the fiscal foundation upon which national development depends.
Kenya cannot refuse to accept such bold exploitation. This is a deliberate and systematic form of economic theft, not a small transgression. KRA must act swiftly, enacting sanctions that go far beyond superficial enforcement, prosecuting Oki General Trading, Deepak Rajoriya, Karan Badlani, and all affiliated entities for fraud, forgery, and economic sabotage, while simultaneously invoking asset seizures, blacklisting, and permanent exclusion from conducting business in the country.
The operations of Rajoriya, Badlani, and Oki General Trading embody the starkest form of corporate malfeasance, and the era of unchecked fiscal predation must conclude with full accountability.
The country’s public resources are available for cunning profiteers to divert, and the country’s institutions must firmly convey that intentional economic exploitation, even when it appears to be legitimate global trade, will be met with uncompromising enforcement and will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
In the fight for justice and fiscal integrity, we will keep a close eye on these operations, exposing any attempts to rig the system, recording any cases of evasion, and holding those who try to take advantage of the country’s vulnerability accountable. We will not tolerate any cover-up or impunity.
