This archive report was first published on 24 June 2021.
On June 24, 2021, detectives from the DCI headquarters arrested a 50-year-old man accused of defrauding a nursing home Kshs948,000.
Samuel Mwendwa Mutua, the owner of World Freight Logistics Limited, is accused of failing to deliver hospital equipment belonging to St Joseph Maternity and Nursing Home.
The hospital, located in Molo sub-county, Nakuru county, had procured the equipment through Mutua's company, which was supposed to ship hospital beds, mortuary equipment, theatre beds, and a dental chair from China.
According to the DCI, the suspect was paid Kshs407,000 on November 6, 2020, for freight charges, Kshs158,200 on December 8, 2020, for shipping line charges and container deposits, and Kshs383,000 on April 4, 2021, for Kenya Ports Authority rent and World Freight Logistics agency fee.
However, the suspect failed to deliver the equipment, and the hospital was forced to report the matter to the DCI's Complaints Directorate after learning that the shipment had been auctioned on overstay grounds at the Embakasi ICD.
Investigations by the DCI established that the suspect had neither paid the freight charges to Oceanus Co. Ltd, rent to KPA, nor the container deposits.
The suspect will be arraigned and face charges of obtaining money by false pretences and forgery/making a document without lawful authority.
