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Police Arrests Politician Who Stole Money From A Shop To Fund His Campaign | READ DETAILS

Faith Ukanwa

May 27, 2022

Police Arrests Politician Who Stole Money From A Shop To Fund His Campaign | READ DETAILS
A Kenyan politician, Mr. Benson Thuranira, has been arrested for allegedly stealing 64,000 shilling from an MPesa agent shop in Nakuru County.

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According to Rift Valley Regional Director of Criminal Investigations Meme Mwenda, the suspect, a Narc Kenya MCA candidate for the Muthara ward in Meru County, was arrested after the victim reported the matter.

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According to the police, the politician entered the M-Pesa shop and asked the agent to deposit Sh64,000. But he manipulated his phone so that it could not reflect the confirmation message and demanded his money back.

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"The agent, upon checking her balance, realised that the money had already been sent. She raised the alarm and our officers traced the suspect before arresting him,ÔÇØ Mwenda added.

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Investigation shows that the suspect has two similar cases in Shauri Moyo Nairobi and Busia, where he conned a woman of 60 bags of groundnuts and Sh60,000.

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In Meru, he allegedly conned a businesswoman of Sh120,000 and defrauded other people in Mwea and Mombasa.

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The detectives said the suspect told them he was looking for money to fund his campaigns.

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