A Ruai businessman has landed in court after he was accused of squandering over Sh 480k belonging to his former lover following an arrangement to have her mother’s house constructed and part of the cash she sent while working from the Gulf to pay for her siblings’ school fees.
Working as a domestic manager in Saudi Arabia, Beatrice Mwikali Mutinda (complainant ) fulfilled her promise of facilitating the projects at home and entrusted her then-lover Philip Otieno Ondego, now facing a stealing charge.
According to court particulars, Ondego allegedly stole Sh 486,770, money sent by Mwikali on the diverse dates between February 11, 2023, and October 6, 2024.
Prior, the duo is said to have met and got into a relationship that abruptly ended in despair, with the complainant calling it quits, albeit with stealing allegations.
The accused had only delivered sand and ballast, making her suspicious. Further scrutiny, the accused told her that he used the money to bail himself in court after he was arrested and taken to court.
This prompted the complaint to make arrangements to come back to the country on April 29 in a bid to understand what had transpired.
The accused could not satisfactorily recount how he used the money, and he was arrested after the complainant reported the case to Kayole authorities.
The court was told that Ondego converted the money to his own use contrary to the law. He denied claims before Makadara Law Courts principal magistrate Gilbert Shikwe, stating that he was in talks with his fiancée.
He was granted a cash bail of Sh 200,000 pending hearing.
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