KANU Chairman Gideon Moi has revealed intricate details of the gold business that his brother, the late Jonathan Moi and Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula traded in.
Speaking at Ford Kenya's National Delegates conference meeting on Thursday, November 4, Gideon entailed that their friendship with the Bungoma Senator stemmed from his close ties with his elder brother.
Aside from being his lawyer, Wetangula developed a business relationship with Jonathan - which led to the launch of the gold business. According to Gideon, the party leader enticed his brother to invest in a supposed lucrative gold business in Tanzania.
However, the deal did not come to fruition as the KANU Chairman added that they were yet to see the fruits of the business.
"Wetangula tricked my brother and they both went to Tanzania to trade in gold. They collected cash and told us to wait because the business would change our lives, I am still waiting to date for our lives to change," he stated amidst the cheers from the crowd.
During Jonathan's burial in April 2019, Wetangula had affirmed that they had engaged in a certain business in Tanzania which they ended up losing money. He ,however, did not reveal the type of business they engaged in at the time.
"We started some business and at one time we travelled to a town in Tanzania called Mbeya. We transacted business, came back and we lost some money. But we continued with our friendship," he stated.
In 2019, Wetangula's name featured in a fake gold scandal where a Dubai businessman had laid claim that he lost Ksh400 million to a fake gold syndicate.
A leaked audio between a Kenyan contact and representative of the Dubai client had surfaced and was tabled as evidence. Detectives sought to find out if the Bungoma Senator was involved in the scandal.
At the time, the OKA Principal disputed the facts and noted that he wasn't aware of the dealings.
"I am not aware of what you are talking about, it is a non-issue to me and I don't want to engage in it,” Wetangula told the media.
