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Sh100 billion Mulot tech plant launched to fight online fraud

ICT Authority Chairman Prof Fredrick Owino during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the factory in Mulot. [Gilbert Kimutai, Standard]

The mention of Mulot trading centre in Bomet County often invokes the many cases of mobile phone fraudsters that have rocked the county.

The dusty border town at the banks of Amalo River has recorded several incidents of notorious fraudsters, who prey on mobile phone users and target money transfer platforms to swindle unsuspecting residents.

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