James Wanjohi: 'City pastor' wanted in Ksh.600M job scam avails himself to DCI

Wanjohi, who has been said to be also a pastor, is alleged to have obtained over Ksh.600 million after defrauding 4,000 Kenyans while promising them Visas to travel abroad.

Speaking to the press, Wanjohi's lawyer Ndegwa Njiru maintained that his client is innocent and is willing to cooperate with the DCI to avail any required information required in the probe.

"My client has not been involved in whichever way in the manner that the media has picked it up," he said. 

"He voluntarily came before the investigating officer to answer to those allegations and we have answered to them count by count."

He further claimed that Wanjohi is only being targeted by his rivals who plan to tarnish his name and collapse his business, Worthstart Africa.

"He does not run a recruitment bureau, our client runs a legitimate visa facilitation company," he said.

"This is business rivalry in the sense that all materials that are here are fictitious. At no given time did some of those names appearing on those complaints appear for any assistance from my client's office or business."

Police in Nairobi raided Worthstart Africa offices in Pension towers on April 24 after victims recorded statements on how they were allegedly conned lots of money by Wanjohi, who is a director at the company.

On April 30, Wanjohi was granted an anticipatory bail of Ksh.100,000, with the court barring police from arresting or detaining him in a fraud case.

The court however noted that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the police are still at liberty to investigate or charge him.