Tricks Wanted Billionaire Used to Beat Police Dragnet at Weston Hotel

A file image of business woman Mary Mungai(left) and Deputy President William Ruto(right)
A file image of business woman Mary Mungai (left) and Deputy President William Ruto (right)
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The court was on Thursday, December 9, told how the wanted billionaire managed to beat a police dragnet and escape from Weston Hotel located along the busy Langata Road in Nairobi.

According to the court documents, it emerged that the Jubilee Party campaigns financier knew she was being tracked by authorities and that they were closing in on her at the Weston Hotel and this prompted her to first switch off her mobile phone.

To make it hard for detectives to pounce on her, the billionaire reportedly reserved three rooms in the city hotel associated with Deputy President William Ruto.

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In order to remain anonymous, it was alleged that she checked in at Weston Hotel without using her name and official National Identification card, making it hard for the sleuths to track her.

Evidence that was presented before the Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate, Felix Kombo, indicated that the police were tracking the billionaire and her daughter using their mobile phones, but they had switched off the gadgets.

“The records at the hotel maintained at the reception had not listed the duo as guests on December 8 despite their personal belongings being found there,” the prosecution told the court.

Items that were recovered include an identity card, bank cards, a firearms licence and a temporary travel permit to Zambia. The items were left behind as the duo hurriedly left Weston hotel.

The Investigating Officer, Amina Ado, stated that they had circulated information to all police stations in the country to have the duo apprehended whenever they were spotted.

The police officer stormed the hotel on Wednesday night, December 8, but they could not find the trader as she had already escaped.

The billionaire, who reportedly made a fortune from government deals and tenders, however, presented herself together with her daughter at the Magistrate Court on Thursday, December 9, and were released on a cash bail of Ksh25 million each or a bond of Ksh50 million each and two sureties of Ksh25 million each.

The trader is a member of the Friends of Jubilee Foundation lobby group which raised millions of shillings for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election campaign in 2017 in a record two hours

The Purma Holdings owner was being tracked over a contempt of court following a Ksh2.2 billion tax evasion case.

She was represented in court by Lawyer Nelson Havi and Sylvanus Osoro.

Director of Purma Holdings limited Mary Wambui Mungai and her daughter Purity Njoki Mungai at Milimani Law Courts on December 9, 2021.
Director of Purma Holdings limited Mary Wambui Mungai and her daughter Purity Njoki Mungai at Milimani Law Courts on December 9, 2021.
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