Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have tracked stolen goods worth over Ksh.267 million to Uganda.
In a statement on Saturday, October 7, DCI said its detectives recovered 7,420 bags equivalent to 7 containers of the lost goods at Liberty Internal Container Depot, a logistical company located along Bweyogere Industrial Area in Kampala.
According to the statement, an Indian man named Surya Parkash, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kutch Chemical Industries LTD filed a complaint accusing Ugandan businessmen of defrauding him.
In his complaint filed at the DCI headquarters, Parkash reported that his company supplied a consignment of 104 containers of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), a reagent used as a cleansing agent, to what turned to be fictitious companies through the Mombasa port.
“Detectives have made a breakthrough in the investigation of an international fraud case where businessmen based in India lost goods worth over Sh267 Million, to suspected fraudsters based in Uganda, assisted by local thugs,” read the statement in part.
According to him, the five Ugandan companies that ordered the consignment went under as soon as the last container landed at Mombasa port and cut off communication with him.
Consequently, the Indian tycoon flew to Kenya and filed a complaint at the DCI.
Subsequently, investigations into the fraud bringing together seasoned sleuths from DCI’s Serious Crimes Unit, officers from Police Uganda Criminal Investigations Department and INTERPOL were immediately launched.
Further, DCI mentioned that efforts to recover the rest of the shipment and arrest the suspects involved are ongoing.
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In a statement on Thursday, October 5, DCI announced the arrest of 15 suspects in connection with passports issuance corruption scandal at Nyayo House, Nairobi.
“In the ongoing operation, which was launched on Monday, October 2, 2023, six (6) Department of Immigration Services staff including an intern and nine (9) suspected brokers have been arrested, while manhunt for more suspects who got wind of the operation and run into hiding continues,” read the statement in parts.
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In the subsequent operations at Nyayo House and the Central Business District, another staff member, Joseph Ireri Karani and eight brokers were arrested.
These eight include Abdullahi Abdirahman Ali, Bashir Ore Ibrahim, Damaris Kwamboka Bosire, Charles Mucheru Mwangi, George Karancha Obare, Domiciano Makori Oketch, Isaac Mbulo and Luke Lang’at.
This came weeks after the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Prof Kithure Kindiki directed those investigations be conducted following public outcry.
