K24 TV news anchor, Ian Wafula, on Friday disclosed that his car had been impounded by Flying Squad officers in an operation to establish the ownership of the luxury vehicle in question.
Through his social media, the journalist stated that a car he had purchased at a dealership had been impounded at Nairobi County Police Headquarters by the Flying Squad unit awaiting investigations.
He began his post: "Very often social pressure and expectations force us to hide behind our jobs; that our lives are perfect, free of baggage. It has been a depressing couple of months after a car I owned for a whole year became subject of investigations.
Wafula further explained that his troubles began when he traded in his Toyota Axio for a VW Jetta at a Car Bazaar on Ngong Rd.
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"Traded in my Toyota Axio for a VW Jetta at a Car Bazaar on Ngong Rd owned by this guy here Collins Bootsy Muraya and instead he did not remit the money to the Original Jetta owner. The owner, in turn, claims that after Collins vanished he sold the car to his Lawyer who had eyed it and the two managed to change its ownership; all this while I was in possession of the car," he continued.
He added that the police suspected that he was a victim of a scam.
The K24 anchor urged car buyers to do their due diligence by checking the car's history to avoid falling into such a predicament.
"Thousands of innocent buyers fall in the hands of such individuals, especially we young people; don’t get caught up in excitement while purchasing an asset be keen to check the Car history with KRA before checking with NTSA’s portal which I have since learned is highly temperable.
"As it stands I might have just lost two cars in essence," he concluded.
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