Imposter PPO wants to meet Kimaiyo

Joshua Waiganjo who has been accused of impersonating an Assistant Commissioner of Police [Photo:Antony Gitonga/Standard]

 

By Antony Gitonga      

NAIVASHA,KENYA: Joshua Waiganjo who has been accused of impersonating an Assistant Commissioner of Police says that he wants to meet  Inspector General David Kimaiyo to share sensitive information surrounding his case.

Waiganjo who stated that his life was in great danger, said he wants to meet Kimaiyo so as to share the crucial information and should be guaranteed security.

Speaking in the company of his lawyer Cliff Ombeta, Waiganjo said that he was ready to spill the beans on the case that has drawn interest across the country.

Speaking at the Naivasha law courts withholding cells, Waiganjo who looked tired said he could only share the information with the police boss.

"Am sending a request to the IG to have a meeting with me as I have crucial information on the ongoing saga which I can only share with him," he said.

On the ongoing commission probing him, Waiganjo expressed his concern if the real truth would come out adding that some parties were partisan.

On his part, Ombeta confirmed his client request and called on the police boss to take the matter seriously terming the information as very sensitive.

"The Waiganjo issue is very sensitive and I have received messages warning me to tread careful on the matter," said the lawyer.

Earlier on Wednesday, Waiganjo was arraigned in a Naivasha court charged with five counts which he allegedly committed in 2005 in Nairobi.

The suspect who was in a Nyeri court last week faced one count of obtaining through false pretence and four charges of issuing bad cheques.

The first charge stated that on October 1, 2005, he unlawfully obtained 56 truck and matatu tyres from Pelsim Enterprises worth Sh1,183,000.

The other four charges accused him of issuing bouncing cheques to Peter Njoroge worth Sh613,600 knowing that he did not have sufficient funds in his account.

He denied all the charges before Naivasha Resident Magistrate Electa Riany and applied to be released bond.

The prosecution however objected to this noting that the accused had a warrant of arrest against him issued in 2006.

His lawyer Ombeta however opposed this noting that the prosecution had not presented before the court the alleged warrant or case file.

The magistrate threw out the application by the prosecution saying that it was the constitutional right of the accused to get a bond.

She set the bond at Sh500,000 and one surety of the same or a cash bail of Sh300,000 adding that the case will come up for hearing on April 11, 2013.