Police free and escorted NYS scandal suspect

Ms Josephine Kabura Irungu when she appeared in court charged with stealing Sh791 million jointly with others at the National Youth Service between December 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Ms Kabura claimed Banking Fraud Investigation Department Director Joseph Mugwanja summoned her on July 20, 2015 and was booked in at the station.

  • She told him she did not want to spend the night at the station and that he assured her she would not sleep in the cells.

  • Ms Kabura said after the booking in, the investigating officer Mr Matapei Sautet took her home and picked her up the following morning.

Kileleshwa Police Station is on the spot after officers released businesswoman Josephine Kabura and gave her escort after she was arrested over claims of fraud.

The revelation came up in Ms Kabura’s affidavit where she told of an allegedly choreographed plan to clear former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru over the Sh791 million National Youth Service scandal.

Ms Kabura claimed Banking Fraud Investigation Department Director Joseph Mugwanja summoned her on July 20, 2015 and was booked in at the station.

“Mr Mugwanja had prepared a charge sheet for us, the decoy and myself, to be taken to court and start the cleansing ritual,” she said in paragraph 65.

“At 8pm, I asked Mr Mugwanja what was going to happen and he told me I would be booked at Kileleshwa Police Station then go to court the following day,” she said.

SPEND NIGHT

She told him she did not want to spend the night at the station and that he assured her she would not sleep in the cells.

“He advised me I would just be taken there, booked in the cell register then taken home and only return the following morning to Kileleshwa to give the impression the arrest was real,” she alleged.

Ms Kabura said after the booking in, the investigating officer Mr Matapei Sautet took her home and picked her up the following morning.

She said she was picked up by an official in a bank fraud unit Land Cruiser.

At the bank fraud headquarters, “I was processed and told the pawn was also being processed. We were taken to court around 9 am where we stayed up to 2pm only to be taken back without being charged in court as Mr Mugwanja had said,” she added.

Police have been accused of secretly releasing suspects, especially those who can afford to bribe. Ms Kabura’s claims indicate Mr Mugwanja and Mr Sautet received Sh80 million.