Chadian Abdoulaye Tamba charged with defrauding Danson Mungatana
Chadian national Abdoulaye Tamba when he was charged in a Nairobi court with defrauding former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana. PHOTO | RICHARD MUNGUTI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Abdoulaye Tamba denied four other counts of being in possession of fake currency that prosecutors claim amounted to Sh960 million.
A Chadian national has been charged with defrauding former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana of Sh76 million on the pretext that he would invest the cash in the oil industry.
Appearing before Nairobi Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, Mr Abdoulaye Tamba also faced four other counts of being in possession of Sh960,120,000 in fake currency.
He was also charged with defrauding a trader, Mr Makau Muteke, of Sh700,000 on the same pretext that he would invest the money on his behalf.
Mr Tamba denied the fraud charges and has been released on cash bail of Sh3 million. The case will be heard on November 29 this year.
FRAUD SCHEME
Following reports on social media that Mr Mungatana had been conned by a witchdoctor, he opened up about the con scheme.
He said he fell prey to an investment scheme that was created by foreigners in cahoots with local prominent leaders.
The former MP said the people behind the scheme involved in buying and selling of oil appealed to deep-pocketed Kenyans to invest with them on the promise that investors would get huge profits in return.
“We received profit in the first and second rounds, but the third time the proprietors of the scheme disappeared with our money,” said the former assistant minister without revealing the amount he lost.
