Preliminary investigations have revealed that the ‘expert eyewitness’ who was at the scene of two high profile crashes has a criminal record.
Reports indicate that Dennis Muigai Ngengi was charged in a court in Kwale in 2014 for impersonating a Kenya Airforce Officer.
This comes after Ngengi was arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Ruiru, Kiambu on Thursday.
DCI Ndegwa Muhoro stated that that police wanted to confirm Ngengi’s identity after he allegedly witnessed Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru’s accident and Lake Nakuru Chopper Crash.
Ngengi was at the scene during the fatal Thika-Murang'a road accident that claimed the life of Governor Gakuru.
[caption caption="Dennis Muigai Ngengi at the scene of Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru's accident"]
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He gave eyewitness accounts to the media claiming he was driving behind the governor's car when the accident happened.
During the Lake Nakuru crash, he identified himself by the same name (Dennis Muigai Ngengi) and stated that he was a 'pilot of the state'.
In a video aired by a local TV station, he stated that the late pilot was "a friend of ours, who we loved, and that's why I'm here."
According to sources within the police, upon interrogation, it emerged that Ngengi was not a police officer but a con.
It is alleged that during Gakuru's accident, he was coming from Utawala when he got wind of the Kabati accident and drove there to speak with the media.
[caption caption="Dennis Muigai Ngengi during the Lake Nakuru chopper crash"]
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