WHY GOVERNOR SONKO FIRED HIS CHIEF OF STAFF MR.BEN MULWA

Former Chief of Staff  to Governor Sonko far left and the Governor

Ethics and Anti-corruption commission, Banking Fraud Investigations Unit and the Financial Advisory Centre of the Central bank of Kenya have come under sharp scrutiny after it emerged that the frozen accounts of billionaire businessman Francis Mburu were unfrozen last week and all the KSH. 1.5 billion Withdrawn soon after. It saddens to note that agencies tasked with dealing with this kind of issues could be easily compromised.

According to sources close to the investigating team at the BFU the accounts were unfrozen following behind the scenes involvement by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and East Africa Legislative assembly member and former Kamukunji MP Simon Mbugua. Sources say the two allegedly receiving a token of Ksh 85 million to broker the deal for businessman Francis Mburu with the investigating agencies. The token was however not shared with the contact sent by the embattled businessman.

The Ksh. 1.5 billion was part of Ksh 3.3 billion compensation payment made to Francis Mbujru on the 30^th march 2018 to an account at the Westgate branch of Barclays bank. The account was later frozen after the beneficiary’s transferred the entire amount within 30 minutes of the money landing in the account. The payment raised suspicion and the central banks financial advisory center moved in. The compensation was in respect of LRNO 7879/4 Where Ruaraka high school and Drive inn primary school is housed.  The matter is currently under investigations by the departmental committee of land of the National Assembly.

On January 28 just days before the payments were made a furious Nairobi governor sacked his personal assistant one Bernard Mulwa, Head of operations Joseph Ireri Kamunde popularly known as Joe  and Michael Mutual claiming they  were using their closeness to his office to defraud Nairobi residents. Governor Sonko called on the EACC, DCI to investigate the activities of the three who are close friends of Francis Mburu according to insiders. It now appears that the governor sacked the three so that he could deal directly with Mr. Mburu.

Land dealer Francis Mburu

It is common knowledge the three were merely acting at the behest of Sonko but things turned awry after they shortchanged him; he got a perfect opportunity to fire them.

The war among the cartels seems to be getting out of hand. It has emerged that there some people who were shortchanged when it came to the distribution of the loot.

This is how the loot was shared GEORGE ONDUTO KSH 10 MILLION,MESHACK ONYANGO KSH 10 MILLION,JOSEPH NGARE KSH 10 MILION,SIMON MBUGUA KSH 85 MILLION,HARIT SETHI KSH 125 MILLION,MUTWIRI KSH 10 MILION,AFRISON EXPOT AND IMPORT KSH 200 MILLION,HUELANDS LTD         KSH 200 MILLION,JUSTIN MBURU KSH 200 MILLION ,MARK M BURU KSH 200 MILLION ,GEORGE MUTISYA   KSH 200 MILLION.