This archive report was first published on 21 August 2019.
On August 11, 2019, a bizarre incident unfolded in Nairobi, leaving a police officer shaken and financially drained.
Arthur Gakuya, a policeman from Vigilance House, had stopped at the Jambo Grill for a meal after visiting a construction site in Juja. It was there that he met Peninah Afandi and Everlyne Asendi, who would later become his alleged perpetrators.
According to the prosecution, Afandi made eyes at Gakuya, pretending to know him, and he bought them Sh980 beers. They took a cab to the Nairobi CBD, where they continued to drink at the Eureka club on Tom Mboya Street.
As the evening wore on, Gakuya allegedly asked for a threesome with the two women, and they agreed. However, he soon ran out of cash and told them he needed to withdraw some money to pay for the rest of the evening.
Afandi called a cab, and Gakuya took it to an ATM, where he withdrew Sh10,000. He returned to the bar, where he met Afandi, Asendi, a taxi driver, and another man. They forced him to get in the cab with them.
After a few meters, the cop was tapped on the back, a gun was pointed at him, and he was ordered to surrender the Sh10,000, his ATM cards, and to disclose the PIN numbers. Afandi was sent to confirm whether the PIN numbers were genuine, and they were.
Gakuya was driven towards Kenyatta National Hospital and forced to share a drink with the other occupants of the car. He blacked out and regained consciousness in Kileleshwa, where he had been dumped. A boda boda rider took him home.
Afandi and Asendi went on a shopping spree, withdrawing Sh60,000 from Gakuya's two bank accounts. They bought high-end household electronics and expensive bedding, paying Sh384,000 using Gakuya's ATM card.
Asendi later confessed everything in a statement to the DCI, including hiring a lorry to ferry the items to their homes and how they shared the money.
Detectives recovered all the items suspected to be proceeds of crime from the women's homes in Kayole and Umoja. They also recovered CCTV footage at the ATM booths and supermarket.
The two women were charged with administering stupefying drugs to Gakuya with intent to commit a felony — stealing from him and stealing his Sh384,000. The trial of the trio starts on September 25.
