This archive report was first published on 28 December 2019.
Christmas Day turned out to be a day of reckoning for Rhoda Zennah Mwita, a woman from Kuria East, Mingori County, who was arrested for allegedly stealing Ksh. 210,000 from her employer's M-Pesa shop in Githurai.
According to police constable Peter Githendu, Mwita was employed by Rachel Wanjiru at an M-Pesa and Equity Bank's agent shop, but she allegedly transferred the cash to herself, relatives, and friends before escaping on December 23.
Police recovered several items used at the shop from Mwita's home, including newly bought accessories used in salons, which are believed to be proceeds of crime.
Mwita will be held at the station until Wednesday next week after Githendu sought orders before Makadara law courts to hold her pending investigations into the alleged theft.
