The prosecution is seeking 10 days to detain seven men who allegedly conned Sammer Africa Boss 10 million shillings.

The “Conmen” posing as President Uhuru Kenyatta have been arraigned in court and prosecution is seeking 10 days to have the seven men detained in police custody (Muthaiga Police Station) to enable them complete investigations.

The seven are Joseph Waswa, Duncan Muchai, Isaac Wajekeche, William Simiyu, David Luganya, Gilbert Kirunja and Anthony Wafula.

“Ten days is a reasonable estimate for purposes of these investigations,”reads the miscellaneous.
It is alleged that the said fraudsters using mobile number 0722208842 called the chairman Sammer Africa to facilitate the release of the money while mimicking the voice of President Uhuru Kenyatta calling from State House, Nairobi.

“The complainant was being contacted by the fraudsters using several telephone numbers purportedly from President Uhuru Kenyatta. That the complainant later realized he was dealing with fraudsters after he had already lost his 10 million shillings,” court heard

In a supporting affidavit by Detective CPL. James Mwangi attached at the DCI Headquarters, they are conducting investigations into a case of forgery, conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretense.

According to the police, the complainant Akif Hamid Butt the Finance Director of Sammer Africa lost 10 million shillings to fraudsters who pretended to sell a parcel of Land situated in Milimani area –Nairobi County.

The chairman Nashud Merali was outside the country on business trip when he received the call from the fraudster and therefore gave a go ahead to the Finance Director to process payment believing he spoke to the head of state.
That the complainant was given an account number, held at Equity bank in which he deposited the money.

“That the nature of investigations in this case is complex since it requires communication data from several service providers which ordinary requires time , the investigations require time to establish the details of the bank account which was used to defraud 10 million shillings and the signatories to the account, ”reads the affidavit.
The seven were arrested by police officers on the 22 and 23rd of February 2019.

They are being investigated for a complete crime involving fraudulent misrepresentation that involves millions of shillings and senior state house officials.

“That due to the complexity of the investigations and the number of suspects involved , including some who are still at large , it is expected that the investigations will involve going through voluminous documents including bank documents and call data records analysis,”say the police
The court was told that there is a likelihood of the suspects continuing with their criminal activities if released and may also interfere with potential witnesses and documentary evidence yet to be obtained.

Court was told that during the operation four motor vehicles were seized among them a Toyota LAND Cruiser, Toyota Mark X , Toyota Axio and Toyota Crown and the same requires the investigators to establish whether they are connected to the fraud.