{"id":70442,"date":"2022-10-06T15:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/how-i-lost-everything-to-a-west-african-scammer-senator-mungatana"},"modified":"2022-10-06T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:13:13","slug":"how-i-lost-everything-to-a-west-african-scammer-senator-mungatana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/how-i-lost-everything-to-a-west-african-scammer-senator-mungatana","title":{"rendered":"How I lost everything to a West African scammer – Senator Mungatana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana on Thursday gave an emotional experience of how he lost all his wealth in a get-rich-quick scam by an alleged West African \u2018witch doctor’.<\/p>\n

The legislator told magistrate Benmark Ekhubi that he sold all his property and gave the money to Abdoulaye Tamba Kouro who lied that he would help him invest it and give returns.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that Kouro obtained Sh76 million from Mungatana with the intent to defraud pretending that he would invest it in the oil industry between April 2011 and April 2013 in Kilimani area.<\/p>\n

Mungatana said he mortgaged his Sh70 million home in Karen and gave the money to the accused person. He ended up losing the home and all his property.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a home in Karen where my children lived, a big home with seven rooms and at that time I was an MP. It was the biggest investment I had made since it was Sh70 million and I took a mortgage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy late wife died without knowing the truth that I was conned, she thought I gave out the home to another woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mungatana said due to the scam he lost his house, and properties and had to remove his children from private school.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom owning a home to renting and without a car. My everything disappeared. It was a bad time. As a lawyer I was not doing well, we lost everything your honours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mungatana said he met Kouro through someone by the name Mohammed Amin and he promised to help him \u2018invest\u2019 his money.<\/p>\n

The first time he gave him Sh500,000 which doubled to Sh1 million and he thought this was a legit business deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very happy when I was told there’s another opportunity to invest, he asked me if I had money, I told him I don\u2019t have, and he asked me to look for Sh5 million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mungatana looked for money from relatives and friends and true to the accused person’s word, after six months, he was given Sh10 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all these transactions were in cash, I never suspected that it would go wrong, because the accused inspires you with confidence, when you go to his place you will see many vehicles,\u201d Mungatana said.<\/p>\n

He claims that Kouru\u2019s apartment was serviced with men watching over him and he was being treated like a king.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never think that anything would go wrong, given the history of returns. I was confident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So after the two returns, when Kouru called him telling him, there was another opportunity for a million dollars he didn\u2019t hesitate to look for the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sold properties that were in my name. I sold shares that were in my name and my late wife\u2019s name. We had cars that had logbooks, we went to the banks and we took short-term loans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At one point, his bodyguard who was a faithful assistant, questioned the investments, asking if he was sure and the legislator said everything was okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it was an investment scam, your honour, because I come from Tana River and I learnt a lesson that Nairobi is hard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mungatana asked the court to find the accused guilty and convict him of the offence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI borrowed this money to take to him, I became a slave to this man,\u201d the court heard.<\/p>\n

After taking the Sh76 million from the senator, the accused disappeared leaving the senator poor and in debt.<\/p>\n

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