{"id":3948,"date":"2024-02-22T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/state-seeks-4-additional-days-to-conclude-sh1bn-fraud-probe-on-gakuyo\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:09:03","slug":"state-seeks-4-additional-days-to-conclude-sh1bn-fraud-probe-on-gakuyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/state-seeks-4-additional-days-to-conclude-sh1bn-fraud-probe-on-gakuyo\/","title":{"rendered":"State seeks 4 additional days to conclude Sh1bn fraud probe on Gakuyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 \u2014 The State has filed an application seeking extended detention of controversial televangelist and Ekeza Sacco founder David Kariuki Ngare, alias Gakuyo, to conclude a probe on alleged fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gakuyo who was arrested on Wednesday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was presented before a Magistrate Court at the Milimani Laws Courts in Nairobi on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said it was investigating a conspiracy to commit a felony, obtaining money by false pretences, stealing, and money laundering involving over Sh1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>DCI sought four additional days to complete its investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Bernard Gikandii a DCI officer who appeared in court said investigations were at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are likely to have him charged in several cases including more than 50,000 victims spread all over the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>DCI asked the court to grant its request to detain Gakuyo at the Muthaiga Police Station. <\/p>\n<p>Gikandii defended DCI\u2019s decision to intercept Gakuyo on his way to Zambia citing a public outcry by victims of his alleged activities. <\/p>\n<p>He further cited the risk of interference in ongoing investigations by contacting crucial witnesses to conceal key documents.<\/p>\n<p>The court was set to rule on the matter later on Thursday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 \u2014 The State has filed an application seeking extended detention of controversial televangelist and Ekeza Sacco founder David Kariuki Ngare, alias Gakuyo, to conclude a probe on alleged fraud. Gakuyo who was arrested on Wednesday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was presented before a Magistrate Court at the Milimani [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}