{"id":98640,"date":"2024-10-08T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/mutuse-links-gachagua-sons-to-money-laundering-proxies\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:04:27","slug":"mutuse-links-gachagua-sons-to-money-laundering-proxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mutuse-links-gachagua-sons-to-money-laundering-proxies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutuse links Gachagua sons to money laundering proxies"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 8 \u2014 Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse has linked Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s sons Kevin Rigathi and Keith Ikinu, as well as close family members, to economic crimes and money laundering through proxies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prosecuting the impeachment motion against Gachagua on Tuesday, Mutuse elaborated that Gachagua misrepresented facts about his role as an executor of the estate of his late brother Nderitu Gachagua. <\/p>\n

Mutuse singled out the involvement of Gachagua\u2019s sons in running properties under the estate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children are not listed as executors of the will. One would then wonder because they are not executors what are they doing in the operations of the company. It can only show purchase and money laundering,\u201d Mutuse argued.<\/p>\n

The Kibwezi West MP accused Gachagua\u2019s son of transacting with government through Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) citing the lease of Tree Tops Hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you say your children should not transact with government yet you have leased Treetops Hotel under the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Are you not transacting with government?\u201d Mutuse posed.<\/p>\n

Sh600mn loan<\/h2>\n

Mutuse accused Gachagua\u2019s family of money laundering questioning how the two sons managed to acquire a Sh600 million loan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have looked at the ID numbers of the two sons and I can confirm they are in their early thirties. I want Kenyans especially Gen Z who were on streets, which Kenyans especially 33-year-old, get security to secure Sh600 million loan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a 28-year-old can get into a bank and acquire a Sh600 million loan in a bank. What other reason will show an economic crime has been done?\u201d Mutuse posed.<\/p>\n

The sponsor of the motion alleged that Gachagua has registered over twenty companies currently idle but meant to transact business with government through tenders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are special purpose vehicle for money laundering. They are waiting for prime day to launder resources from the government,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Deputy President didn\u2019t deny that he owned either of the companies. I am not interested on the time when they were registered but what they have done in the last two years,\u201d Mutuse stated.<\/p>\n

Sh5.2bn question <\/h2>\n

Mutuse disputed assertions by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that the vast portion of Sh5.2 billion wealth cited in his impeachment belongs to his late brother.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker alleged that Gachagua bought off his late brother\u2019s prime properties at collossal amounts, in some cases through coercion since he took power.<\/p>\n

The Kibwezi West MP said the Deputy President was simply shielding himself from the accusations by citing his involvement as an administrator of the senior Gachagua\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts easy to hide with the dead because the dead cant come to give evidence. We have documents including the joint will of the executors of estate. The DP hasn\u2019t told Kenyans that he bought the properties through coercion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mutuse listed the aquisition of Tree Tops Hotels (under lease), Olive Gardens Hotel, Queens Apartments, Wamunyoro Enterprises and Vipingo Garden Beach Resort among questionable additions to Gachagua\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n

The first-time lawmaker tabled evidence showing Gachagua acquired Aberdare Safari Hotel through transferred ownership which is worth Sh535 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf buying properties worth Sh5.2 billion in the two years is not reason enough to believe that the Deputy President has committed economic crimes, what other reason will make you believe?\u201d Mutuse posed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 8 \u2014 Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse has linked Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s sons Kevin Rigathi and Keith Ikinu, as well as close family members, to economic crimes and money laundering through proxies. Prosecuting the impeachment motion against Gachagua on Tuesday, Mutuse elaborated that Gachagua misrepresented facts about his role as an […]<\/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-98640","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\/98640","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=98640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}