A woman accused of baiting Kenyans with prospective jobs in Canada and stealing millions of shillings from them was apprehended and detained at Soweto Police Station in Kayole, Nairobi County.
The accused reportedly duped young Kenyans into paying hundreds of thousands of shillings each for jobs in Canada.
“She told us to send Ksh10,000 for medical, the first time she came. Then another Ksh20,000 for passport facilitation.
“The rest, she asked, to be sent through mobile money. When we sent the money, I asked her the name of their company. She declined to answer my phone calls from that day,” one of the victims lamented.
Surprisingly, all her victims were said to hail from the same area, Isena, in Kisii County. Most victims travelled to Nairobi to follow up on the case, which saw them lose their hard-earned money.
“She came home and lied that she takes people abroad. She lied to my parents that she can take me to Canada.
"My parents sold land and gave her Ksh400,000. I have stayed almost three years at home hoping to travel,” lamented a dejected man who fell for the woman's scam.
The victims accused the suspect of vanishing into thin air after receiving the money. She was also alleged to have failed to provide evidence of any existing jobs nor refunded the funds.
Police launched an investigation into the matter, with the suspect assisting with the probe. The accused was yet to release a statement by the time of publishing this article.
A similar scenario was recently witnessed in Uasin Gishu, where several young people were duped into embracing a foreign employment scheme.
On March 10, a report by an ad-hoc committee of the Uasin Gishu County Assembly detailed how the possible scandal transpired. In 2021, notable leaders popularised the recruitment agency, which turned out to be a con scheme.
Foreign universities did not receive school fees paid by parents, putting their students in precarious positions.
Previously, on March 5, the County Government of Uasin Gishu was forced to intervene after nearly 200 students from the county were almost kicked out of universities in Finland in what appeared to be a full-blown scandal.
