A Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) detective based in Kiasuni, Mombasa County is in custody after he was arrested on Tuesday, August 19, 2020, for allegedly obtaining money by false pretense. Police Constable Edward Mwaniki Kabachia is reported to have received money from a woman after promising her two non-existent jobs at the Kenya Prisons.
“He obtained a substantial amount of money from a lady by falsely pretending that he was capable of securing her two relatives jobs in the Kenya Prisons recruitment exercise held in 2017,” said the directorate in a statement.
According to the DCI, Constable Mwaniki will be charged for obtaining money by false pretense contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code. “His arrest follows the conclusion of an inquiry by DCI Likoni where it was recommended that the officer be charged with the offence,” the statement read in part.
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Section 313 of the Penal Code states: “Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years.”
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The constable's arrest comes two days after a prison warder based at Industrial Area Remand Prison Nafataly Muturi and Police Constable Denise Onyango based at the Service Central Stores in Industrial Area were arrested by sleuths based at Makadara, Nairobi.
“The two were arrested following an incident where the Service Central Store was broken into and over 2,222 pairs of military boots and other government stores were stolen. From a house linked to one of the suspects in Kamulu, 550 pairs of assorted police boots two rolls of uniform cloth were recovered whereas another 251 pairs were recovered from a house within Industrial area remand prison," wrote the DCI.
