Woman claiming to represent Raila conned bank CEO Ksh.25M, bought new Range Rover, police say

According to detectives, Faith Mwikali Ndiwa's arrest stemmed from an incident in May 2022 when she walked into the Guarantee Trust Bank and requested to speak with the CEO. 

The CEO who is the complainant in the matter says the suspect claimed to have some Ksh.70million in her account, for which she needed financial advice. 

"The complainant offered professional financial advice and advised her to make her own decision," court papers seen by Citizen.Digital explain. 

The suspect would return days later with a different request for money, claiming that she needed it to pay off her mother's medical bills. 

When the complainant was asked about the Ksh.70 million she claimed to have in her account, she stated that she had purchased a house in Karen. 

"The complainant was convinced and advised her to visit the bank where she was granted a loan of eight million Kenya Shillings," the court papers read. 

A month later, she called the complainant again, this time claiming to be representing Raila Odinga, who she claimed had recently won a Ksh.19 million tender to supply Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). 

 "She presented the said tender documents, contract and bill of lading documents to the Complainant under Hon. Raila Odinga to complete the tender," detectives familiar with the matter say. 

According to the investigations, the suspect told the complainant that Raila Odinga's son-in-law had already paid Ksh.8 million, but the balance was needed to clear the nets, which she claimed were already on a timer at the Mombasa port. 

She promised the complainant a share of the cut once KEMSA paid for the tender. 

She also convinced the complainant that the payment would be made within one month, and as a result, the complainant deposited the funds into the suspect's bank accounts. 

Detectives discovered that one of the accounts given to the complainant belonged to a motor vehicle yard called Al Husinaim Motors Limited, where the suspect obtained a new Range Rover motor vehicle registration number, KDM 311N. 

The complainant told detectives that the suspect switched off her phone immediately after the transaction was completed, forcing him to report the incident. 

Preliminary investigations revealed that the KEMSA tender did not exist. 

It has also come to light that the suspect was involved in a similar case in which she presented herself before the DCI Nairobi area with a job card indicating that she worked as a physician for the First Lady. 

When detectives checked the job card, they discovered it was fake. 

She was arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on Monday where she took plea for seven criminal charges. 

She was then remanded at the Langata Women's Prison pending her bail application hearing.