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Equity Bank CEO Summoned Over Alleged Ksh15 Billion Loan To Harun Aydin

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Members of parliament have summoned Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi over an alleged Ksh15 billion loan to Deputy President William Ruto Turkish associate Harun Aydin.

According to the letter addressed to Mwangi by Homa Bay Woman MP Gladys Wanga-led National Assembly Committee on Finance and Planning, he is supposed to appear before it on Wednesday.

He is set to shed light on the loan allegedly given to the Turk who was deported after being linked to terror and money laundering activities.

Ruto claimed that he made a phone call to Equity Bank to facilitate the loan for Mr Aydin to set up a vaccine manufacturing plant in Uganda.

“The purpose of this letter is to invite you to a meeting with the committee scheduled for August 25 in the mini-chamber,” reads a letter by the committee.

The MPs will be seeking to know whether the bank adhered to section 43 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-money Laundering Act while advancing the loan to Mr Aydin.

Also, the committee will seek understanding onwhether Mr Aydin holds or operates any accounts with Equity Bank and the particulars on the security used to guarantee the Ksh15 billion credit.

During his arrest, Aydin was in the company of a Ugandan businessman, Paul Bamutaze, who was also arrested and later deported to Kampala by road.

Bamutaze has apparently filed a case at the East African Court of Justice over remarks by ODM politicians against Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Ruto claimed that Aydin was a victim of bad politics and not a terrorist.

He alluded that the businessman, who has a valid Kenyan work permit, was being frustrated by top government officials over links with him.

Harun was among businessmen and politicians who were scheduled to travel with Ruto in an aborted private trip to Uganda.

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Things Police Recovered From Ruto Man Harun Aydin Before He Was Deported

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Just hours after Turkish businessman Harun Aydin jetted out of the country for Turkey, details of items that police had recovered from him have emerged.

Harun Aydin, a close associate of Deputy President William Ruto was on Saturday morning arrested at Wilson Airport while re-entering Kenya from Uganda.

He was forced to spend two nights in police custody after he was detained by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) over terror links.

The alleged investor was part of DP Ruto’s entourage to Uganda in his aborted trip.

On Monday August 9, 2021, Harun was supposed to be produced at the Kahawa West Law Courts according to his lawyers, only for reports to emerge that he had been deported back to Turkey.

DP Ruto’s allies later dismissed reports of Harun being deported, and claimed that he had been asked to leave the country voluntarily.

On Monday evening, DP Ruto through his official social media accounts claimed that he had spoken to Harun, and was informed that he had bought himself an air ticket back to Turkey.

Hours later, Hustler Nation Spokesperson Dennis Itumbi took to his official social media accounts and posted a list of 32 items that police had allegedly recovered from the businessman.

Itumbi further alleged that the police did not find anything to link Harun to the terror charges facing him.

Among the 32 items are mobile phones, personal identification cards, business cards, personal notes, Covid-19 vaccination certificate, sim cards, entrance and exit forms, head phones among others.

Below is the alleged full list.

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Murkomen- Harun Aydin Was Not Deported, Here’s What Gov’t Did To Him

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has alleged that Deputy President William Ruto’s Turkish associate Harun Aydin has not been deported.

Instead, the former senate Majority leader through his official social media accounts says that the government only asked the businessman to leave the country voluntarily.

According to Murkomen, this was meant to help things cool down and to save the state’s face.

Murkomen went ahead to allege that there is pressure from the Turkish government which is demanding answers from Kenya on the treatment of the investor.

“Turkish Businessman Harun Aydin was NOT DEPORTED he was “requested” to leave the country “voluntarily” to help cool things off and for the desperados to save face. The truth however is that the pressure from Turkish government was unbearable.Questions were asked & answers are a MUST,” Murkomen tweeted.

Harun who was part of DP Ruto’s entourage to Uganda in the aborted trip was on Saturday morning arrested at Wilson Airport in Nairobi while re-entering the country.

He was detained by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU), and was expected to be produced at Kahawa Law Courts today (Monday) to be charged with terror links.

However, that did not happen as reports emerged that he had already been deported to Turkey in the morning.

His lawyers, among them Ahmednasir Abdullahi took to social media to condemn the move, claiming that they had been kept waiting at Kahawa Law Courts when their client had already been deported.

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Terror Aside! Ruto’s Friend Harun Aydin In More Trouble, Linked To Another Scandal

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Hustler Nation spokes person Dennis Itumbi has alleged that the Kenyan state is planning to bring some more charges to be leveled against Turkish businessman Harun Aydin.

This, according to Itumbi, is after terror charges that were leveled against him at the time of his arrest on Saturday August 7 collapsed.

Taking to his official social media handles on Sunday August 8, Itumbi alleged that he had information that the state is now planning to bring on an arms story.

According to Itumbi, the security agencies will claim that Harun Aydin is being used to bring arms to Kenya.

The former State House employee went ahead to allege that the state will then link the Arms Hubris with the alleged Arms Scandal by former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Mohamed Echesa.

This, Itumbi says, is in a desperate effort to bring in Deputy President William Ruto’s office in the story.

He went ahead to allege that the state will now cobble up some form of charges, arraign Aydinand file a miscellenous application asking for 30days to complete investigations.

After this, Itumbi alleges that Harun Aydin will then be deported.

Harun Aydin was part of DP Ruto’s aborted trip to Uganda and was on Saturday arrested and detained by immigration officers and police in Nairobi.

He was detained by immigration officials on landing in Nairobi from Uganda where he had been since August 2. 

Officials said they wanted to question him in regard to his immigration status, work permit and the business he is involved in the region. 

However, a section of media was on Sunday morning awash with reports that Aydin had been deported in the middle of the night.

Night pictures shared at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) which went viral showed the same people who demanded the release of Harun Aydin at the time he was held by the detectives.

Meanwhile, flamboyant Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been barred by police from seeing Turkish businessman Harun Aydin.

Taking to his official Twitter handle on Sunday morning, Ahmednasir revealed that for the second day running, he had been barred from seeing Harun Aydin.

The senior counsel claimed that the reason given to him was “orders from above”.

However, he noted that the security agencies holding the businessman have no other choice other than producing him in court on Monday August 9.

He condemned the move, arguing that it was so unfair for the ruling Jubilee government to detain Harun Aydin and deny him access to his lawyers.

“For the second day running I was denied the right to see Harun Aydin. The reason remains the same…”orders from above”. Fortunately THEY have no choice but to bring him to court tomorrow as Art 50 of the Const kicks in. My BELOVED JUBILEE govt isn’t fair!” the lawyer tweeted.

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Ruto’s Turkish Man Arrested While Re-entering Kenya From Uganda

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Harun Aydin, the Turkish businessman associated with Deputy President William Ruto has been arrested.

Aydin was arrested on Saturday morning at Wilson Airport in Nairobi while re-entering Kenya from Uganda.

Reports indicate that he is currently being held at the Old Nairobi Area Police Station.

Aydin came to the limelight after it was alleged that he was among five people scheduled to accompany the DP to Uganda.

The others are; MPs Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu), Oscar Sudi (Kapsaret), Benjamin Tayari (Kinango), Mombasa based businessman David Lang’at, Elijah Rono and Eric Ruto.

Earlier on, Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen had predicted that the State would arrest the businessman. 

Harun who was being sought by detectives before he checked out of a local hotel where he has been staying runs a company known as Unit 2HA Investment Energy Africa Ltd.

Harun has been staying at a local hotel within the city since June 24, 2021, when he arrived in the country until August 3, 2021, when he checked out just three days after DP Ruto’s saga at Wilson Airport.

The Turkish national who holds passport number U20470175 was issued a working permit by the Department of Immigration Services in Kenya on June 30, 2021, and it is supposed to expire on June 29, 2023.

Harun first jetted into the country in 2018.

DP Ruto has hence dismissed reports that Harun Aydin, is a man of questionable character.

He mentioned that Aydin is a respected Businessman who has a permit to operate in Kenya and even the Turkish embassy has confirmed the same.

Oscar Sudi who was part of the Uganda trip claimed that the media was being used to tarnish the reputation of the businessman and in extension, that of DP Ruto.

Sudi said that Uganda President Yoweri Museveni would not have allowed someone of questionable repute to invest in the country.

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