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Karen Hospital warns DCI against detaining Keroche Breweries Director

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Karen Hospital has advised the Directorate of Criminal Investigations ( DCI) against detaining Keroche Breweries Director Joseph Karanja in a police cell.

In a letter issued on Thursday 22 August, 2019, the hospital says he has a serious heart condition.

According to Dr Gikonyo of Karen Hospital, Joseph Karanja has undergone a life saving surgery and keeping him under police custody will greatly endanger his life.

Joseph Karanja and his wife Tabitha Karanja were on Thursday afternoon arrested over alleged Sh14.4b tax evasion following orders from the Director of Public  Prosecutions Noordin Haji.

The public prosecutor had on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Keroche Breweries Limited proprietors over allegations of Sh14 billion tax fraud.

The entrepreneurs through their lawyer James Orengo had on Thursday morning moved to court seeking to stop DPP Noordin Haji from prosecuting them for 10 counts of tax evasion.

The couple spent the night holed up in their office in Naivasha as DCI and KRA officers camped at the gate.

Thursday afternoon, court issued a search and arrest warrant to DCI officers seeking to arrest the couple who had locked themselves in their factory in Naivasha.

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Jirongo charged with giving false information, released on bail

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Former Presidential candidate and ex-Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo has been released on on Sh200,000 bail.

Jirongo was arraigned on charges of giving false information linking the son of former President Daniel Moi to a Sh50 million land fraud case.

He who had been summoned by the court last week was charged with giving false information to a person employed in the public service contrary to the laws.

The court heard that the former law maker informed a police officer at the DCI headquarters Nairobi that he had completed payment of Sh7,000,000 to Jonathan Moi for the purchase of Soy Developers Limited.

The accused is said to given out the information on March 27,2015.

According to court papers, the information uttered was with intent of causing the arrest of Jonathan Moi as an accomplice in the alleged fraudulent purchase of the property.

Jirongo is also charged with obtaining execution of security by false pretenses.

He is also purported to have induced post bank credit limited to accept bank charge registered in the name Soy Developers Limited by false pretenses and with intent to defraud, in order to secure an overdraft facility of Sh50,000,000 to cyber projects International as valuable security on September 25th, 1992 in Nairobi.

Jirongo has been  accused by a different court of making a false document,a bank charge purported to have been signed by Sammy Boit Kogo.

CREDITS: The Star

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DPP orders immediate arrest of Keroche Breweries boss

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered the immediate arrest of Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja.

Haji also ordered the arrest of Tabitha’s husband, Joseph Karanja, who is also a director at the alcohol manufacturer.

The DPP said Kericho industries were wanted over tax fraud.

More to follow………

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Vihiga man kills brother in quarrel over who should cook

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

A quarrel between two brothers in a village in Vihiga County has left one of them dead after he was allegedly hit on the head with a blunt object.

Following the incident, police are holding the 45-year-old man reported to have killed his brother on Tuesday.

The two had quarrelled over who should prepare their meal.

The incident happened in Mang’únyuli village in Sabatia.

ANGERED

According to Izava Location Chief Alex Ukiru who confirmed the incident, the suspect, Mr Patrick Simwa, was angered after his younger brother, Evans Alumasa, 30, asked him to cook the food the victim had brought home.

Simwa hit Alumasa on the head killing him on the spot, Mr Ukiru said.

Mr Simwa is being held at Kilingili Police Station as officers launch investigations into the incident that has shocked the quiet village located a few kilometres from Mbale town.

NO WORK

Mr Ukiri said the suspect does not work and spends the whole day at home as his brother fends for him. They were staying in the same house.

”The suspect was angered when his brother asked him to cook food. He told his younger brother off, saying he was not his wife. Alumasa slapped him prompting the suspect to retaliate by hitting him on the head using a blunt object,” said Mr Ukiru.

He noted that the two are not married and do not have children.

”The land where they are living was bought by their father and they stay in the same house. Simwa does not do any work and depends on his younger brother to fend for him,” he said.

The body of the dead man was taken to Vihiga County Referral Hospital mortuary in Mbale.

CREDITS: DAILY NATION

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Breaking: Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei arrested

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has been arrested at his Eldoret home over alleged incitement remarks he made at the weekend against critics of DP Ruto.

Police, on Tuesday, surrounded his house after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), summoned the legislator.

Cherargei had called for the profiling of people who were talking ill of the deputy president.

The senator is shown declaring that any threats to Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid would be dealt with accordingly.

Cherargei did not mince his words, as he put in black and white that people allied to the DP Ruto were currently profiling those opposed to his presidential bid, adding that such individuals would face their wrath when the appropriate time presented itself.

“Muendelee kutusi DP lakini mjue we are marking you and we are profiling you, ikifika wakati, tutawashughulikia, loosely translating to, Keep on insulting the deputy president but just know that as part of his loyal supporters, we are marking and profiling all his detractors and at the opportune time, we will deal with all of you.

This was viewed as highly inflammatory, thereby explaining DCI’s move to bring the senator in for questioning.

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Chinese Nationals arrested with over 3000 litres of Chang’aa, Busaa in Machakos

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested two Chinese Nationals with 800 litres of ethanol and over 3000 litres of local brews Chang’aa and Busaa at their residence in Green Park Estate-Machakos.

The two were arrested on Friday following an operation by Machakos detectives triggered by a tip-off from the Members of Public.

During the operation, a Liquor Processing Plant was also found in their homestead.
Search within the residence of the two suspects; Wang Yalan and Wang Haijian also led to the recovery of several sacks of Sorghum and Rice, Drums of sorghum mixtures kept to Ferment and several huge Water Tanks.

The duo are currently in police custody and the recoveries have been secured as exhibits.

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446 bags of counterfeit sugar nabbed in Kayole

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

DCI detectives have impounded 446 bags of counterfeit sugar packed in 50kgs sacks from Ventures Green Store in Kayole.

Five suspects who were caught repackaging sugar on Thursday night were also arrested.

Police said the sugar is suspected to be from the western region and was indicated ‘not for sale’.

The five suspects identified as Hassan Ibrahim, Geoffrey Mutua, Moses Murigi Irungu, Elkana Waro Omache and Nancy Wanja Kitonga are in police custody waiting to be arraigned.

Samples of the seized sugar have been collected for further analysis.

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Popular Kenyan entertainer DJ Moh arrested

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations( DCI ) have arrested Nicholas Mugo Mwangi popularly known as DJ Moh Spice following a gun drama displayed during a birthday party of his colleague.

The arrest took place at Space Lounge on Wednesday night . During the arrest of the popular entertainer, a Steyr Pistol and 174 rounds of ammunition were confiscated.

He was arrested at Space Lounge along Ngong road.

The DCI confirmed the arrest news via their social media pages on Thursday morning.

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MP count losses as thugs break into his house

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Kitutu Chache North MP Jimmy Angwenyi is counting losses after thugs broke into his house and stole valuables among them TV and kitchenette.

It remains unclear if the homestead at Marani was guarded at the time of raid but the MP is among those who enjoy enhanced security due to his position in Parliament.

Mr Angwenyi, an economist by profession, is the Deputy Majority Leader and takes brief on behalf of government in absence of Aden Duale.

Marani Sub County police chief Hilary Tarus said they were zeroing in on the guard as first suspect following the Monday night incident.

“Being on guard during the the time of the incident we believe he holds crucial leads into this theft,” Tarus said on Tuesday.

“We suspect the incident took place between 11 and 12 midnight,” the officer said. “We want to know if this person acted alone or was with an accomplice,” said Tarus.

The veteran MP is yet to issue a statement. It also remains unclear if it was normal robbery or there were plans to attack the MP, who wasn’t around after all.

Mr Angwenyi was first elected to parliament in 1996 after the death of Dr Zachary Onyonka. He lost the seat in 2007 to Richard Onyonka, son to Dr Onyonka.

In 2013, he bounced back after Kitutu Chache constituency was partitioned to North and South, with Richard taking the South seat.

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Matiangi’s tough order lands Police boss in custody

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Officer in Charge of Lamu Police Station (OCS) has been arrested following a tough order issued by Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i.

The Interior Cabinet Secretary over the weekend angrily pledged to zero down on drug traffickers.

The police boss has been arrested for facilitating the release of a suspected drug trafficker.

He was arrested alongside three other junior officers—all based at Faza Island.

According to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Hillary Mutyambai, the suspect who was allegedly found with Cannabis Sativa had been arrested late Sunday by a team of officers from the Border Patrol Unit.

The suspect was however released for unknown reasons.

“We want to know under which circumstances he was released because they claim he escaped. That explanation is very suspicious in itself. We are now looking for the suspect who escaped” Mutyambai stated according to Capital FM.

He further revealed that the two officers from the Border Patrol Unit who had effected the arrest had been summoned to write statements as officials contemplated undertaking an administrative action against the officers in custody.

On Sunday, Matiang’i, launched a special operation to flush out criminal activities in Mombasa. 

The outspoken CS identified drug peddlers as the key reason behind the rise of the infamous killer gang,wakali kwanza, that has been enjoying a reign of terror at the coast.

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28-year-old pregnant woman to spend 30 years in jail for killing husband

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

A 28-year-old pregnant woman will spend 30 years in jail for killing her drunk husband following an altercation.

Nyeri High Court Judge Abigael Mshila on Thursday handed the sentence to Emily Mukiri after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.

The offence was reduced from murder after plea bargaining with the prosecution.

She admitted killing her 34-year-old husband, Francis Mwiti Mukio, on the night of August 16 and 17, 2018 at their home in Muthinga shopping centre in Tetu, Nyeri County.

Mukiri stabbed the man in the abdomen and in the face with a knife following a domestic quarrel.

Mr Mukio arrived home drunk at around 1am, sparking a violent confrontation with his wife.

Mukiri picked a kitchen knife and stabbed her husband, who was a miraa trader, multiple times in the abdomen and the face.

She later left him in the house bleeding and went to the shopping centre.

Hours later, Mr Mukio received a phone call from a police officer attached to Muthinga Police Station informing him that his wife had been arrested for disorderly conduct and that he should bail her out.

It was at that point that the man informed the police that he had been assaulted by his wife at their home.

He succumbed to the stab injuries at the Nyeri County Referral Hospital.

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Shock as a 38-year-old woman diagonised with cancer commits suicide

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Residents of Kasarani estate in Naivasha were on Sunday Shocked after finding a 38-year-old woman identified as Purity Muthoni hanging on a rope in her sister’s house barely days after being diagnosed with cancer. 

According to a local daily, the woman had told friends that she did not want to undergo the pain other cancer victims go through. 

Emotions ran high as her kin and friends tried to come to terms with the incident which came a month after her diagnosis.

The mother of two had been undergoing treatment in different hospitals before she was diagnosed with the disease that has killed hundreds of Kenyans.

A neighbour, Ann Nyambura, said that Muthoni had been living in Olkalau where she developed a growth in one of her breasts.

“She started undergoing treatment in various hospitals and was misdiagnosed with other ailments until the final blow was delivered to her at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi,” she said.

She said that the victim had been living with her sister who worked in one of the flower farms.

Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru said that the body had been collected and taken to Naivasha mortuary.

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Father, son jailed for 10 years over vandalism of Kenya Power cables

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Keroka Law Court Principal Magistrate Matata Kimtai has sentenced three people to 10 years’ imprisonment for vandalism and stealing of Kenya Power and lighting Company property.

The three; Zablon Johnson, his son Eric Musa and Peter Onyamu were also give an alternative to pay a fine of Sh5 million each.

Three alongside two others who were acquitted had been charged of vandalism of electrical conductors contrary to section 64(4) of the Energy Act number 12 of 2006.

The charge sheet had stated that on different dates between February 21 and 26, 2019 at Chitago village Nyankoba Sub Location in Masaba North Sub County vandalized 400metrs of low voltage conductors property of KPLC.

They also faced a second count of stealing 400 meters of low voltage conductors amounting to Sh80,000 contrary to section 268 (1) as read with section 275 of the penal code.

In his ruling the Magistrate said that the low voltage wires that had been vandalized were also removed from the scene.

“Clearly the person who damaged the wires also stole them since the use was coveted to other than the general on special owner thereof.”

Kimtai said that the three accused had not explained to the court why they were in possession of the wires.

“It is interesting to note that none of the accused works for the Kenya Power and Lighting Company.”

“I further wish to note that the said low voltage conductors cables were stole and recovered in less than a week, therefore the court will deem that anyone who found with low voltage conductors cables with no proper explanation then will be taken to be a thief as well. The said cables were in a house that was locked which the accused acknowledge same as his.”

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The Magistrate said that the defense of the three accused does not water down the overwhelming evidence tendered by the prosecution witnesses.  I find that the evidence by the prosecution well corroborated and above all credible.  

After the ruling, South Nyanza Region Kenya power Security Head Major Retired Paul Gichovi urged all Citizens to report persons interfering with power lines to the nearest police stations, KPLC office or chiefs.

“Innocent clients are suffering in darkness because of a few criminal elements in our society. We need to be mindful of others.”

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Revealed: Here is where Waititu was ‘hiding’ the whole of Saturday

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Kiambu County Governor Ferdinand Waititu hit the headlines on Saturday morning when he allegedly went missing when detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sought him.

This followed an arrest order from the Director of Pubic Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji on Friday. The DPP ordered the arrest of Waititu and his wife Susan Ndung’u for allegedly receiving Sh51.2 million proceeds of the irregular tender awarded to M/S Testimony Enterprises Limited for road works.

However, early Saturday morning planned raid by (EACC) detectives to arrest the suspects failed to bear fruit after the governor, his wife and the others went missing.

The detectives camped at the residences of the suspects from as early as 5.30am yesterday but left empty-handed hours later.

Waititu finally got arrested on Sunday morning after he presented himself at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission offices in Nairobi.

But where was the Kiambu County chief all this time he was being sought?

Well, according to his lawyer Kipchumba Karori, the governor had been “out of town since Friday evening” when news broke out he was wanted for prosecution.

“He arrived last (Saturday) evening and he has presented himself now to the authorities. There was confusion,” he was quoted by The Standard.

He arrived in one car accompanied by the lawyer. He did not have the trappings of power that he usually enjoys.

Waititu’s wife and five others are now being sought after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ordered their arrest to face corruption charges. Officials said they expect them to surrender.

However, Haji while giving his consent for immediate arrest and prosecution of the suspects, exonerated Waititu’s daughter. He noted that the governor’s daughter had no case to answer.

“We find that she was a sleeping director and not active in the affairs of the company. Her explanation is reasonable,” said Haji on Saturday.

The suspects are to be charged in relation to abuse of office involving a tender worth Sh588 million and fraudulent acquisition of Sh221 million public property.

The inquiry relates to allegations of procurement of tender no CGK/RTPW/142/2017-18 for the upgrading of various gravel roads to bituminous surface in Kiambu County awarded to M/S Testimony Enterprises Limited.

The company was awarded the contract by the county government to provide services and supply goods by way of a request for proposal.

“A total of Sh74.2 million has so far been paid to the contractor. The company has therefore been paid Sh221.4 million, inclusive of the Sh147 million,” said the DPP.

The DPP said part of the funds were used by Saika Two Estate Developers Limited to purchase Bieneveu Delta Hotel Limited owned by Waititu and his wife.

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EACC orders Waititu, his wife to surrender themselves

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has ordered Kiambu County Governor Ferdinand Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari Ndung’u and 5 other county officials wanted in Sh588m graft probe to surrender themselves.

The anti-graft body has said that three suspects have already been arrested.

The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji on Friday ordered the arrest of the Kiambu county chief and his wife over alleged embezzlement of Ksh. 588million public funds.

The DPP said he is satisfied with evidence against Waititu and 12 other suspects linked to irregular procurement for upgrading several roads in Kiambu County.

“I find that the award of the contract for Ksh.588,198,328.20 in respect to tender No.CGK/RTPW&U/142/2017-2018- for the upgrading of various gravel roads to Bitumen surface in Thika, Limuru, Gatundu North, Juja and Ruiru sub-counties was skewed in favour of M/s Testimony Enterprises Ltd, and the county government officials were culpable,”the statement reads.

It adds: “The directors of M/s Testimony Enterprises Ltd were close associates of Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu Babayao, the Governor of Kiambu County. The total amount of Ksh.147,274,055.39 have so far been irregularly paid to Testimony Enterprises Ltd in relation to the subject tender.”

Waititu and his co-accused are to be charged with conflict of interest, dealing with suspect property, abuse of office, wilful failure to comply with the law relating to procurement and engaging in fraudulent practice.

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CS Rotich spends another night in police cells despite release

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and his PS Kamau Thugge are yet again experiencing another long night in police cells.

This is after they failed to process the Ksh 15 million cash bail court granted them.

Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti freed CS Rotich on bail after he pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of corruption in relation to the alleged Sh21 Billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal.

East African Community Principal Secretary  Susan Jemtai Koech, former Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) Managing Director  and David Kipchumba Kimosop have also been granted bail.

While granting bail, the court ordered CS Rotich and other suspects to deposit their passports in court and not to interfere with witnesses in the case.

The court also ordered the suspects not to go to their offices unless they are in company of the Investigating Officer (IO).

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