Category: Opinion

In January this year, Murathe resigned from his post as Jubilee Party’s interim vice-chairman, citing the conflict of interest in his bid to block Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid. The two have been trading punches ever since.

Murathe who formed the ‘Stop Ruto’ movement has on several occasions vowed to do everything possible to ensure the DP doesn’t go for the presidency. At one point he called upon Ruto to retire together with Uhuru when his term expires in 2022.

In another instance, Murathe warned that he would be moving to Supreme Court to bar Ruto from contesting. For long, it has been assumed that Uhuru would be supporting Ruto for presidency in 2022 in an assumed Memorandum of Understanding.

While appearing on Punchline on K24 hosted by Anne Kiguta, the Mt. Kenya political heavyweight sent jabs that left many shocked. Murathe refuted claims of an MOU between the two jubilee principals saying there was none.

He claimed that there was no such pact terming it as only political pronouncements that were only relevant then and now under review.

“You have clearly heard the president on many occasions making pronouncements that tells you what is on his mind.  For instance, in Nyeri late last year, he said that his pick for president in 2022 will shock you, and last week, you heard him say that he doesn’t care who will be president. This are clear indications that he did not have any MoU with anybody,” he said in an interview with Anne Kiguta.

He went further to tell the DP to produce any document if any that would prove that Uhuru had signed to support him in 2022. However, he said even if the president would go ahead and endorse Ruto, the Mt. Kenya region’s vote would not be automatic to him. “The president has only one vote. Even if he promises to support Ruto, that does not mean Mt Kenya region will vote for Ruto,” he said.

In a scathing attack, Murathe questioned what Ruto would do in 2022 that he has not done for Kenyans since 2013. He accused the DP of influencing the tender to Sinohydro Tianjin Engineering Limited that was the higher bidder by Sh3 billion instead of China Gezhouba Group, the lowest bidder.

Fresh on the assassination claims by the DP, Murathe said on Punchline that it was mere diversion attempt on the war against corruption. He went ahead and dared Ruto to resign if he indeed feels that there are people in the government who’re plotting to kill him and that his life is in danger.

“On principle, if I feel that I have members of the Cabinet who I feel are a threat to my life and they are not going to resign, then I should take a walk,” said Murathe.

BY DR MATSANGA DAVID

Most Africans who love Kenya are happy about the fight against CORRUPTION. The war is ranging and systematic. If you have eaten, don’t complain when the bill is brought to the table. The tragedy of this that some people  want to eat everything available on the menu at once. That is the type of corruption in Africa

When a National cause arises there is no reverse. The danger of listening Mafia Kings is that you die alone. There are those who dip their dirty fingers in the cooking pot while still in the kitchen. Both are cases of gluttony, albeit at different levels.

Shakespeare said we should not only take poets and jesters but Arrest the PHARAOHS . All must be brought to account without delay. The arrest of Treasury  mandarins in Kenya  is a major shot in the arm of anti corruption battle. From the look of things, more is to come.

The Kingdom of graft must be shaking in panic as the fake walls of Jericho come down tumbling. Reverberating waves can be heard across the land of Kenya as rubble hits the ground.

There are interesting  times ahead and I believe that President Kenyatta will  take this opportunity to REVAMP the FATIGUED  cabinet that is in SICKBAY. Almost all Parastatals are bleeding and the Ministry of Agriculture leads the bleeding .

One of the mistakes in Political Science  is to do a PERESTROIKA when the entire system is RIDDLED with corruption allegation. This  will discourage the masses.  For the CURRENT PERCEPTION to be maintained let there be a new mood of UNITY strategy .

By Abdi Dahir

By Abdi Dahir.

For the optimistic few who hold on to the slim hope that Garissa County Government under the disastrous leadership of Governor Ali Bunow Korane will bring development and implementation of their pledges must divorce that idea. Nothing tangible will ever come out this failed dictatorial regime which has terribly sunk to the lowest of governance levels.

Instead of ushering in an era of change and prosperity , Governor Korane has chosen to go down the unenviable road of deception, nepotism , corruption and mismanagement.

All county contracts and tenders are awarded to his family and relatives. Almost all tenders are given to Jihan Company owned by Governor Korane and run by his family.

Akad company is also another beneficiary of the skewed and biased tender awarding. After pocketing millions of money, the said company has been returning nil  (0) as their Tax returns. These is a criminal act since it denies the government a lot of money as tax and VAT.

The same level of nepotism is evident by employing his family members and relatives.

Korane has failed to provide true and proper command, inspiration and strategic vision for their county and is destined to leave a battered , dismembered and tattered county behind. The funny thing is that he is happy all while causing havoc all over sinking Garissa and sweeping it down the drains. In his head , he thinks he is infallible. Parochial and deluded thinking , isn’t?

Leaders like Korane delude themselves and mislead the mass by creating sideshows and unnecessary theatrics to deceive people that he is unable to implement his pledges due to external interferences. This is a cheap ploy to divert the attention of the great people of Garissa.

Korane thinks that inaction is a viable choice not knowing he is deluding himself. He unfortunately believe he can continue to do what he likes and be comfortable or that he can continue to rape the county coffers without a sense of responsibility.

These are dangerous illusions. They often stem from the frequently intoxicating sense of power and control that comes with a leadership position. Korane must be reminded that leadership positions are temporary and terms ends. He will be sent to the extreme end of political oblivion and misery. Your days are just numbered.

Disclamer: Opinion doesn’t reflect that of Kenya Insights but that of the writer’s.

I was watching Boys club on JKL and i pointed out a few notable things;

Friendship is intentional and an investment. Your inner circle will always influence the most important decisions in your life. This is what it means by choosing your friends wisely because they can either make or break you.

True friends will always show up. All these men are busy people, they got companies to run and bigger responsiblities to handle but they still found time for Bob. They all flew to London to visit him in hospital. We create time for things and people that are most important to us. So next time someone gives you a series of excuses on why they cant or are too busy, just know you are not one of their priorities.

You are the sum total of the 5 friends you hang out most with. In this day and age, being wealthy, in power and having scandals almost go hand in hand. I’m not insinuating these boys dont have skeletons in their closet but the fact that those scandals are not on our faces means they handle their shit right. What values do your friends ascribe to? Are you all about drinking, partying, women or men and a trail of scandals?

For a friendship to thrive, it needs purpose. Purpose is what makes you acknowledge this life is more than you. More than your wants, your needs, your desires. It is what makes us do more than what we are supposed to, what makes you go out of your way for others. Find friends with purpose. Friends who come together and make an impact in spaces where they never expect to be repayed.

Fun Friends! They say life is for the living and we only have one life to live. Find friends who will make every day of your living worth the while. Laugh and learn at your mistakes, travel, do things that strengthen your bond because those memories are what you will forever hold when they are long gone.

Re-evaluate your friendships. If it doesnt do you good, find one that will.

Somebody lied to you and fattened you for slaughter. In the past hours, you’ve been the topic of discussion in social media streets, you’ve attracted both lovers and haters which is how it works. Moments after Safaricom Board announced the former CEO Michael Joseph as the interim CEO, your name popped on our timelines and I know it wasn’t a coincidence.

While this remains unsubstantiated, word is a campaign was sponsored to gunner support for you which I don’t oppose. However, if indeed you were aware of such a campaign being kicked off and gave your blessings, you might have just made the greatest mistake of your life.

Trending on social media comes with its own shortcomings, everyone has a skeleton, it comes to surface at one point. For years, popular blogger Nyakundi has been highlighting a case that you’ve been fighting hard to clear your name, the case of an 8-year old baby girl that you were accused of killing from drunk driving.

There’s a wise saying in these streets that reputation is everything and this particular case has and will continue to deal great blows to you. Majority of Kenyans since you started trending are talking about the murder case than your credentials. In fact many don’t even know that since 2018, you’ve been the Director of the Consumer Business Unit at Safaricom and that daily you reported directly to the  CEO.

Your case has come with serious integrity accusations, it has been alleged that you tried to compromise agencies in the case to your favor in delaying the case, that you allegedly tried to pay the family of the kid you were accused of killing Sh950,000 as an out of court settlement.

With a revenue of about Sh233B, Safaricom remains if not the biggest profit making company in the region. This comes with heavy responsibilities one of them is maintaining a brand’s reputation.

I don’t doubt your credentials but I feel putting yourself out there in the media and more so making your legal issues centre of focus not only makes the company cringe to the fact of making you the face of the company as the CEO it also exposes you to continuous hammering.

Safaricom, which is 35 percent owned by South Africa’s Vodacom, controls about 62 percent of Kenya’s mobile market, with 30 million subscribers.

Unsaid truth is in Kenya apart from the presidency, there are positions that people dread, being the chairman of IEBC and lately Safaricom which in spirit is a political post. You only need to see how fiercely Kenyans have criticized with the harshest words the past two CEOs.

During the last elections, Safaricom was accused of conspiring with the government to rig elections but that’s not the story today. The position of Safaricom CEO need a crocodile skin and giant balls. It comes with serious mental weight. Unlike other corporates, this position puts you in public eye and scrutiny.

Same Kenyans supporting you today for the post will also turn against you tomorrow, while considering you must factor those realities.

On to something that you already know, the board interviewed candidates, including a senior Kenyan banking executive, before settling on an unidentified foreign national from within the Vodafone group to succeed Collymore.

In a widely broadcasted live recording on his Facebook page, Nairobi Governor claimed his life was under threat. Sonko made claims that the NIS has been spying on him over unknown reasons.

In the recording, Sonko touched a topic that’s going to be the basis. He said the deep state was after him. He went further daring them to go ahead bragging that he’s immortal. Who’s this deep state he was talking about? Nobody knows, nobody will.

Now, the deputy president of Kenya William Ruto recently made similar claims that his life was in danger. Apparently, some CSs has been meeting at a hotel adjacent to the National Intelligence Service Headquarters. This is where the bluff starts.

How on hell do you gather balls even if you’re as solid as Lwanda Magere to even talk about killing someone in an hotel with all the surveillance and more so knowing well the NIS ears and eyes are all there.

Why is the DP excessively paranoid, suspicious of everyone including his shadow? Has he made too many enemies? Or here’s a man willing to go to the extreme for it seems the 2022 presidency is a matter of life and death to him?

Even the so called deep state knows well killing a leader in the rank of Ruto can be the worst mistake they can do. Ruto has been sliced well, he no longer controls the cabinet, he’s like a wife trying to hold on to a marriage that’s over even after the husband running away from home, she still hopes he’ll come back.

Moses Kuria the Gatundu loudmouth MP once called for the assassination of Raila Odinga. Do you think he was the first leader from Central or anywhere to have had such thoughts? I’m certain it has been considered but you see the problem is, leaders like Raila who hold millions of supporters you don’t touch them unless you want to lose a country.

Well one can argue that Ruto has credible reasons to be afraid of his life since people like Saitoti who had similar presidential ambitions were assassinated in the election stretch, balderdash. Ruto is not anywhere in the influence level as Saitoti was then. Ruto is way more popular, he has a following, a blind one, like a fly that will follow a corpse to the grave.

I really don’t know how the assassinations are plotted, however, I know most of high profile cases have been attributed to the state but still, no one in the state has never been singled out and pinned to any assassination from Tom Mboya to Chris Msando.

It’s always a quick clean job. Saying someone like Mucheru, Cecily people who don’t even look like they can slap a fly if it landed on his crotch is the epitome of foolery.

So far what we know is some unauthentic letter that looks like a work of some kindergarten bottom of the class kid job is the basis of investigations that we don’t even know how or where it will go.

DP who’s the complainant is even yet to record a statement with the DCI, what is he afraid of if indeed he knows its authentic and life in danger?

If someone wanted to kill Ruto, it can’t be fine by state errand boys drinking tea in some hotels, there are unseen forces in this country, people who seat in boardrooms in some dark place somewhere to decide the country’s next president, those ones I can buy assassination plot if any. But again, you’ll never hear of their footsteps like the extra cautious Saitoti didn’t see them coming. So tuwache porojo my friend.

Im also in the view that if these claims were made for political scoring which is a likely scenario since the DP is on full campaign mode, it lays a hostile ground. He’s likely to whip up emotions in his community who’ll say their son is targeted and ‘arm up’ to protect him. I don’t need to go into details, history of the country speaks for itself.

So until the DP goes to record a statement that his life is in danger, this remains the bluff of the year in my opinion. I’m my village there’s a popular saying “Jakuodho oyie dhao’. Ends.

Nation writer John Kamau can do riveting, award-winning investigative reporting. He knows his stuff. But, hey, watch out! Kamau can also be a tedious conspiracy theorist dishing up stale regurgitations that insult readers’ intelligence.

What is the point of a story about a prominent politician with presidential ambitions whose death remains a mystery seven years later? What are readers supposed to do about the unresolved mystery? How does retelling the tale help public understanding?

Immediately one hears that an investigative journalist is on a mystery death story, the expectation is that the scribe would dig up something.

We are talking about a big story on the late former Vice President Prof George Saitoti appearing in the Sunday Nationon June 16.

“Seven years ago today, George Saitoti – Kenya’s most mysterious and excessively paranoid politician – was buried at his Enkasiti Farm in Kitengela after dying in an air crash six days earlier,” the report begins.

“Nobody knows what happened and why a brand new police helicopter fell from the sky over Ngong Forest – and those who know have kept their code of silence to date.”

Agh! Nobody knows what happened. Yet those who know have kept their silence to date. What is the meaning of that? Is it that nobody knows or those who know don’t want to talk? It can’t be both.

Many paragraphs down, we are told Prof Saitoti had only three trusted security confidantes: Inspector Joshua Tonkei, his personal assistant, Michael ole Tanju, and a bodyguard named Sultan. The only other confidant was businessman Jimi Wanjigi.

Might these people know what happened and why a brand new police helicopter dropped from the sky over Ngong Forest killing Saitoti, assistant minister Orwa Ojode and everyone else on board? The writer abandons the reader to guess.

“In life, and by paranoia standards, Prof Saitoti’s only equivalent was his erstwhile political mentor Nicholas Biwott, who saw life in apocalyptic terms, too,” the report says.

Fine.

“Both were embodiments of the McCarthyism mentality, and lived in either pseudo or innate fear, real or imagined.”

What is that? Where does the writer pull “McCarthyism mentality” from? What is it? Who is Kamau writing for?

Look, the whole wide world knows – ok, let’s not exaggerate, many people know – about Saitoti’s paranoia. Sample these old online media reports:

Nation: Saitoti was a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

KTN Inside Story: Death in Ten Minutes

Standard: Why Kenyan minister Saitoti lived in fear

Besides, everyone knows Saitoti’s famous “There come a time” speech – what was it famous for, anyway? Media people decided it was famous, just like that.

Saitoti’s boss President Moi humiliated him. He was implicated in the Goldenberg scandal. Was fabulously rich. As VP he nearly died of poisoning by unknown people. He wanted to be president. Post-mortem report indicated he might have inhaled poison before the plane crash.

And so on and so forth. But, sorry, none of that is news. Nothing in the entire Nation story is not public knowledge already.

“Seven years after his mysterious death, Prof Saitoti’s life is still shrouded in mystery.” That is how Nation writer John Kamau ends his story.

So, people, what do we do? A prominent investigative journalist has just told us Saitoti’s mysterious death is still shrouded in mystery. Tufanye nini? Why did he bother writing all that?

Yet Kamau is not alone in this travesty of investigative journalism. As we speak – sorry, write – it is possible some scribe somewhere is considering doing a story on the unresolved mysterious death of Chris Musando. Or Robert Ouko. Fr John Kaiser. Tom Mboya. JM. Pio Gama Pinto. Masinde Muliro. Any of the many political deaths in Kenya’s tortured history.

Such stories often appear on death anniversaries, rehashing what is already in the public domain.

Please stop, if you have unearthed nothing new. Investigative journalists must earn the title.

Source.

Quacks who practice Quackery are defined as the promoters of unsubstantiated
methods that lack a scientifically plausible rationale. Rate of Quackery in the medical field have rapidly infiltrated up to a point where majority of people have been convinced beyond reasonable doubt that only in medical field is where quacks are.

My aim of this article is to get down behind the scenes and get to share with you what and how i think Quackery in the Medical field by ‘Quacks’ and Quacks is being promoted, what promotes it and will probably get worse in the near future if some of the recommendation i have aren’t put into consideration by the concerned authorities.

Most of the quacks in medical field operate as mobile doctors, conducting tests and performing surgeries on patients in their respective homes and visiting them for continuity of care while some are based in private hospitals and some in public hospitals but at a low rate.

Private Hospitals

“Spend less on salaries and earn more income” has always been the Mission and Aim of Private healthcare facilities in a nutshell.

Private hospitals prefer employees who will make them earn more profit than employing expensive professionals who will probably demand more salary hence slashing down the profit of the Cartels. Therefore, they go for desperate undergraduates who work on locum- part time hours with one qualified professional to white wash the briefcase authorities.

On the better side of the coin, private facilities have assisted in reducing the rate of unemployment by offering jobs to these individuals considered quacks whom some are even more competent, credible than some egocentric professionals.

National Government

State of the economy:

Firstly, high cost of living precisely financial distress elevates the desire and thirst for money to settle your bills and if your little knowledge and experience can bring food to your table if the Government of the day can’t make the cost any cheaper then you’ve to make a breakthrough by yourself. And this catalyses the cartelic business of Quackery without authorization and accreditation from the relevant authorities like Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB), Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDU), Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK), Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB).

Secondly, Ministry of Education accredited institutions, only 50% are competent and up to the task of maintaining the ISO standard. This means: The Ministry accredits many of these unqualified institutions through backdoor and briefcase hullabaloo, after all it is business. So many Medical learning institutions accredited are alive but still a few have employer trust on Competency, Integrity and Credibility which can be confirmed on practical grounds and those that aren’t trusted are still functioning, alive and well in the market and so are the Quacks that we have in the market. Why should Government continue accrediting more institutions when those that are there cant be monitored well to maintain their standards or their accreditation be terminated once the public and employer trust is lost. Why cant the Government close down these institutions that have lost public and employer trust and save Parents’ and Sponsors’ money than waste them and be rejected by employers or fail Board exams only to turn into quacks working in the black market.

County Government

On cutting cost, County Governments similarly prefer Diploma holder from a well recognised institution like Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) to A Degree holder. Output of a degree holder in medical field is more or less the same as that of a Diploma holder in working station. They also target unrecognised institutions products but cheap so as to ‘save’ county funds only to channel into employer pockets precisely county Ministry of Health (MoH) battalion responsible for employment. I believe if audit report is done on this matter, this is the status quo and so are the rise of Quacks in the system mostly in Counties which didn’t meet the Clean sheet audit report apart from Makueni County which had clean sheet audit.

Examination Bodies

It is in the public domain, how expensive it is to get enrolled to the medical field and to afford the system financially is a nightmare to many individuals with financial impecuniousness.

If you are lucky to get sponsorship or scholarship then you win a jackpot if you’re an academic genius but unlucky if you’re an academic dwarf. Reason being: Sponsors on many occasions deal on ‘Get it right first time’ and affording Resit or Supplementary exams is similarly expensive meaning if you fail, you’ll have to take care of yourself thereafter, pay for your supplementary fee or rather resit fee which equals one full semester or a whole academic year depending on the number of papers you fail.

Affording this for a peasant – low class is like a bête noire. These people try to make ends meet by searching for locums in private healthcare facilities or any other facility within the field of medicine where they can raise funds to pay the fee. Unfortunately, when caught by the concerned authorities, they’re considered Quacks not because of misdiagnosis but because of papers but genuinely true quacks who might have made their way to the graduation list after sex exchange or bribery are embroidered as Qualified professionals.

Being that the system is corrupt to some extent, extortion still carries the day.

Like in KMTC situation, Kenya Insights was informed of cases where Candidates receive two messages of Fail and Pass of Final Qualifying Examination (F.Q.E) results which we’ve concluded as an extortion scheme – “When you go to confirm why you were sent two texts, you will be probably denied the Pass and be confirmed Fail.” The aim of the System is money that you’ll pay when you get back for resit and it can be done as many times within limit of 4 years.

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In conclusion, these ‘Quacks’ and Quacks sincerely can’t  be compared to employed Quack leaders of this nation who massively kills the future of our unborn children and the future generation every single moment.

The aviation industry globally has experienced the worst year start with the recent Ethiopian Airline crash flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max that killed all on board, the year 2017 was the safest with no crash at all which outlay the fact that with focus and determination above all avid safety measures control system the Industry can be made safer.

Ethiopian Airline (ET) is one of the safest airlines in Africa and the recent crash of its plane was one of the worst in the history of the Airline company owned by the Ethiopian Government. Initial reports from the crash investigations suggest that the accident may have been as a result of a software dysfunctionality that has resulted to Ethiopian airline grounding more than 30 planes of the said model and most countries in the world civil aviation authorities have grounded this model of airplane. Ethiopian Airline is best performing airline and only African government owned that has over years recorded an increase in profits, Most Governments owned airlines are loss-making entities that require government funding annually.

The company has regional subsidiaries like Eritrean Airline, Malawian Airline, etc and owns the Bole International Airport which was crowned as the best and busiest airport in African. Ethiopian Airline is the oldest in Africa; it operates 125 passengers and 44 cargo destinations across the world. It was Crowned Best Airlines in Africa Award, for the 7th Consecutive year. ET boasts of having many fleets of the airplane including the famous Boeing 747-200 and several Boeing 777.

Tentatively our national carrier the Kenya Airways has been experiencing losses for quite some time, the Kenyan Government owns the majority stake in this company however regardless of the shortcoming KQ is ranked 5^th best airline in Africa, notably, it has 43 destinations across the globe with only 12 being international destinations. Owing to its good ranking in the region, with adequate marketing plus good business model the airline has the propensity to grow in the future but it must also fight the corruption and mismanagement leveled against the carrier in recent past.

The traditional Pan American Airline and the Trans World Airlines which were the household or most preferred airlines in the 1980s thus most profitable in the world all the companies went bankrupt and collapsed not due to competition but mismanagement of the companies and funds. KQ must shift its focus from laying staff in a bid to cut off cost and start vibrant marketing strategy to expand its market niche, for example, the largest airline company in the world is the Fly Emirates with a large staff size but makes profit owing to its large market niche and efficient management of the company.

Ethiopian Airline is the largest in the region and the only government-owned airline that makes profits. KQ needs a benchmarking schedule with the ET that also owns other regional subsidiaries mentioned above but our KQ only has the local Jambo Jet as its subsidiary. Fly Emirates has several Asian region based subsidiaries, by KQ expanding it market niche will go a long way in making it profitable and truly the Pride of Africa, KQ should be thinking about acquiring stake in the Uganda Air or Tanzanian Airto help it expand its financial muscles. This expansion can be done through voracious marketing both regionally and abroad, KQ recently launched direct flight to New York is experiencing a slow down due to lack of passengers and cargo plying that route, this again calls for serious marketing.

I support the move by KQ to acquiring the running and operation of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) since it will have a positive multiplier effect on the profitability and growth of the firm. JKIA is among the top busiest airport in Africa and will offer a good leverage for the KQ notably all the best performing airlines in the world had an airport that the airline owned and thus operated, for example, Fly Emirates has the Dubai International Airport and Ethiopian Airline has the Bole International Airport that both of these airline companies ran and own, however, they should not move in haste to acquire such a property if managing the airline has proven to be a tall order for them over the years, that will only be viable to KQ in the future after making the company financially stable.

Baraka Juma.

In what seems like a well planned out plot of people who’ve studied the system well to know how it runs and who to target a can of worms has been ripped out.

Merali whom has had close ties with almost all administrations since Kenyatta era, was targeted by the now famous group of seven individuals in what has turned out to be an historic scamming.

On January 14 recieved a call from the ‘President’ about a tender, the tycoon had no reason to doubt he caller was not the head of state. The caller perfectly mimicked his voice.

Merali and the ‘President’ exchanged pleasantries on the phone, then got down to business.

The ‘President informed Merali of a state tender he wanted the well-known businessman to enjoy. But there was a catch. The ‘head of state’ asked Merali for a small favour before he could embark on the lucrative contract, Sh10 million in advance for facilitation. That presumably was a trifle compared to the tender itself.

It happened that Merali was outside the country but that wasn’t gonna stop the show given his appetite, he took the risk and tadked his financial officer to process the facilitation fee which at this point we will call it as it is, a bribe.

So elaborate was the plan that the ‘President’ sent his men to pickup the cash from Merali’s office in Mombasa road. Sharply dressed men arrived with full Police escort and high range cars to clear any touch of doubt. They were given the Sh.10M.

So here’s what I pick from the story that Mr. Merali and President Uhuru are obviously not new to each other and probably have had other personal engagements together beforehand for Merali to quickly give in to the mimicked voice.

The suspects didn’t target Merali randomly and using uhuru’s voice randomly, this was elaborate, they must have had an insider information in order to be able to exploit the weak links. Sh10M is not a few coins that Merali would just give easily without solid assurance like the president himself collecting the money. The level of confidence Merali had on the ‘President’ could easily point at a possible previous and similar engagement.

It also can mean that, there’s an elaborate ring including Statehouse officials who target businessmen and defraud in President’s name. Infact, Police investigations are exploring this possibility.

The group has links to State House, Harambee House and other powerful offices which they use to execute their swindles.

The scammers lure rich business people with the promises of restricted tenders mainly involving the supply of goods.

To win the trust of potential bidders, the fraudsters in collusion with government officials and police officers forge documents on letterhead and invite their targets to government offices to sign fake documents. This opens up the Pandora box of how tenderprenuers enjoy privileges from the state officials and how money exchange hands to win contracts.

Merali should be arrested on arrival at the airport from wherever he’s now comfortably hiding to answer on bribery and I’m certain investigators can extract more information from him to catch those in the web that is if they’re serious to take this case to the end.

It also opens up a box of lies that the so called flamboyant ‘businessmen’ make their money, most of the suspects arrested live large, they’ve enjoyed positive press before. This isn’t the first time scamming case to hit the airwaves, it’s still fresh in minds about yet another flamboyant ‘businessman’ Jared Otieno who was also in the spotlight for fraud.