This archive report was first published on 30 November 2019.
On November 30, 2019, Makadara chief magistrate Heston Nyaga handed down a three-year jail term to Ruth Khaecha, a 28-year-old house girl, for stealing Sh1.35 million from her employer Paul Kanyi Mwangi.
Khaecha had claimed that Kanyi left Sh800,000 on her chest after a steamy sex encounter, but Nyaga dismissed her claims, citing discrepancies between her allegations and actions.
According to Nyaga, Khaecha's refusal to pick her employer's calls and her subsequent actions were inconsistent with a person who had been given money in goodwill.
‘The accused person took off carrying a bag when her employers were not around and lied that she had gone to repair shoes and clothes, an act which, in my opinion, is inconsistent with a person who has been given money voluntarily,' Nyaga said.
‘The accused person was left in the house with full knowledge that there was money. She saw an opportunity to enrich herself and took it,' Nyaga added.
When detectives searched Khaecha's father's home in Kakamenga, they found her with Sh70,000, which was a fraction of the Sh800,000 she claimed to have been given by Kanyi.
However, Khaecha had used the money to purchase a parcel of land worth Sh570,000, two motorcycles, iron sheets, a solar system, and assorted household items.
The magistrate said the recovered money would be given to Kanyi, and all the items identified as proceeds of crime would be forfeited, sold, and the proceeds given to Kanyi as compensation.
