Detectives have now established that the registration number plate of a Toyota Land cruiser seized from the home of former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa was forged.On Monday officers from the DCI, raided the home of Echesa, and seized five of his vehicles.The cars included a Toyota Land Cruiser, VW Passat, Mercedes Benz E-Class, and a Ford.
After analysis of the vehicles seized, the detectives said the registration number KCW 289Q belonged to a Mazda car and not the black Land Cruiser.The Mazda is however owned by a lady identified by police as Irene Mueni.
“We are looking for the lady. Not as a suspect but as a person of interest since her vehicle’s number plate has been found in another car,” said an officer who sought anonymity.
On the other hand the detectives further said that they are now keen to establish how the Toyota Land Cruiser was registered and whether its duty was paid.“He wanted to remove the number plates when we indicated that we would tow all the vehicles to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters. From there, we knew he was trying to conceal something,” the officer said
Echesa was being investigated over another vehicle allegedly owned by a lady, who had filed a complaint at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters.But it’s not a fresh case since it was subject of controversy in 2016, when President Uhuru Kenyatta nominated him to the cabinet as the sports CS.However, he was cleared of any wrongdoing.Echesa is accused of deceptively acquiring the vehicle, formerly owned by the lady’s late husbandEchesa’s lawyer Brian Khaemba has defended his client saying he acquired the motor vehicle legally.
The former sports boss was however released late Monday after the police questioned him at the DCI headquarters Echesa’s troubles began after he was arrested over Sh39 billion fake gun scandal.His arrest followed a complaint by two gun dealers who claimed he had swindled them Sh11.5 million they had paid as ‘consultancy fees’ claiming that the former CS had promised to use his influence to help them secure the multi-billion security tender.
