Kenya: Syndicate Robbing Taxpayer Money is in the Offing!

Folks,

You dont get it.

What is connected here is that, Kenya Public Wealth is being ripped off in a syndicate and it is suspected that huge some of money is being stolen by Moi, Uhuru, Kalonzo, Ruto, Gedion Moi, Zackary Muita, Wetangula including others through cheating and blackmailing and is being redistributed to other corrupt Mafia connection including China and Libya.

Parliament seems to be unaware about the going ons and something must be done urgently to stop this including legal action must be taken with immediate effect. Immediate investigation by the Interpol, the CID and the FBI must be instituted immediately to save the general unsuspecting public from being ripped off. The
Culprits must be charged at ICC Hague without wasting any time.

This is criminal act against the people of Kenya and Africa.

Thanks,

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

AITEC EAST AFRICA ICT SUMMIT: Nairobi to host first East Africa ICT Summit
15/08/2010 +0000 GMT
User Comment(s) | By Sean Moroney
Nairobi to host first East Africa ICT Summit

East Africa’s rapidly expanding ICT sector will receive a further boost next month when computing and communications professionals from throughout the region convene in Nairobi for the first AITEC East Africa ICT Summit. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Information & Communications, the Summit will gather ICT suppliers, service providers, innovators, managers and policy-makers to share knowledge and network in a two-day conference and expo over 7-8 September.
Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC Africa, organisers of the event, said that the event is designed to further catalyse East Africa’s ICT industry following the landing of undersea fibre cables on the coast. “Now that we have substantial international bandwidth available in the region, the ICT industry needs to get its act together to deliver world-class services, enabling the regional economy to compete internationally. The Summit has an important role to play in establishing best practices for a robust ICT sector in the region. We also want to showcase the region’s emerging ICT innovators at the event to give them exposure to customers, partners and even investors. There is a tremendous reservoir of ICT talent in the region which needs business direction and investment.”
Over 100 ICT companies will be showcasing their products and services in the expo and over 500 delegates are expected to attend the conference. The conference programme has an impressive line-up of local and international experts, who will deliver presentations and participate in panel discussions and workshops.
There will be a strong focus on software development and mobile applications in the programme. Speakers on this topic include Dr Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist in the World Bank’s InfoDev programme, who will speak on mobile applications for development. Russell Southwood from the UK, a leading analyst on the African ICT market, will speak on the mobile market going open access. Agosta Liko, CEO of Vervient Consulting, one of Kenya’s emerging software developers will speak on “The weak link: The pitfalls of raising venture capital for ICT enterprises in East Africa” Kevit Desai, Director of Engineering, Centurion Systems, Kenya, will speak on “An innovation platform for content development for the empowerment of an ICT-enabled East African Community economy”.
Another major theme of the conference is “Corporate systems for productivity and competitiveness”. Martin Rennhackkamp, COO of PBT in South Africa will speak on “Strategic information – The key to organisational success”. Roger Purdie of Quintica, from Australia, will speak on “Living on the service side – The story of the 4 Ps”. Yaron Assabi, CEO of Digital Solutions Group in South Africa, will speak on “Customer experience as a competitive advantage”.
Risk management and data security is another focus of the conference, with Dr Matunda Nyanchama, Director & Principal Consultant at Agano Consulting in Canada speaking on “Information security – Critical infrastructure protection” and Gal Arbel, VP Marketing & Sales, Amiran Communications, Kenya speaking on “Data security and intrusion prevention”.
The conference will be opened by Dr Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Information & Communications.
For more information email info@aitecafrica.com.

The conference will play an important role in reinforcing Nairobi’s role as the region’s financial services centre, and the theme “Leadership through Innovation” reflects the country’s leadership position in mobile banking. Announcing the conference, Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC, said the event is an important platform to showcase the exciting mobile payments innovations currently being implemented in Africa. “When we started this conference series four years ago, the emphasis was on East Africa learning from the rest of the world, now bankers, mobile operators and others wanting to learn about mobile banking will be coming to Nairobi to learn from innovators in the region.”

The conference has widespread industry support, with the Paynet Group as platinum sponsor, Simba Technology and Technology Associates as gold sponsors and S1 as silver sponsor. Supporting Organisations for the event include the Kenya Bankers Association, the Consultative Group for Advancing the Poor (CGAP) and the Kenya ICT Board. CGAP is holding a workshop on management systems for microfinance institutions, linked to the conference. The Gates Foundation will hold a breakfast briefing for bank CXOs during the conference on providing banking services for the unbanked.

The conference will have 19 specialised sessions over the two days, with over 70 speakers. “We are assembling a faculty of banking, microfinance and mobile payment experts with an unparalleled level of expertise. Speakers from 14 countries will be sharing their knowledge with financial service professionals from throughout the COMESA region.” Session topics range from “Compliance and risk management in the post-meltdown world” to “Interbank payment reforms – new transaction and settlement systems”.

Keynote speakers include Cormac Petit, Banking Industry Leader at the IBM Institute for Business Value in Netherlands who will speak on “Fit, focused and ready to fight: How banks can get in shape for the battle ahead” and Bernard Matthewman, CEO of the Paynet Group, who has a provocative presentation title, “Shh, the market is talking. Listen and act!” Dr Keith Jefferis, Economic Advisor, USAID Southern African Trade Hub, Botswana and former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Botswana, will speak on “Product innovation and access to finance”.

The event will include a specialised exhibition on products and services for the financial services sector, with over 40 local and international exhibitors.

AITEC BANKING & MOBILE MONEY COMESA: Nairobi to host region’s top banking conference next month
08/01/2010 +0000 GMT
User Comment(s) | By Sean Moroney
Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, will open AITEC’s annual Banking & Mobile Money Conference for the COMESA region, to be held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre over 24-25 February. Also speaking in the opening session will be Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
The conference will play an important role in reinforcing Nairobi’s role as the region’s financial services centre, and the theme “Leadership through Innovation” reflects the country’s leadership position in mobile banking. Announcing the conference, Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC, said the event is an important platform to showcase the exciting mobile payments innovations currently being implemented in Africa. “When we started this conference series four years ago, the emphasis was on East Africa learning from the rest of the world, now bankers, mobile operators and others wanting to learn about mobile banking will be coming to Nairobi to learn from innovators in the region.”
The conference has widespread industry support, with the Paynet Group as platinum sponsor, Simba Technology and Technology Associates as gold sponsors and S1 as silver sponsor. Supporting Organisations for the event include the Kenya Bankers Association, the Consultative Group for Advancing the Poor (CGAP) and the Kenya ICT Board. CGAP is holding a workshop on management systems for microfinance institutions, linked to the conference. The Gates Foundation will hold a breakfast briefing for bank CXOs during the conference on providing banking services for the unbanked.
The conference will have 19 specialised sessions over the two days, with over 70 speakers. “We are assembling a faculty of banking, microfinance and mobile payment experts with an unparalleled level of expertise. Speakers from 14 countries will be sharing their knowledge with financial service professionals from throughout the COMESA region.” Session topics range from “Compliance and risk management in the post-meltdown world” to “Interbank payment reforms – new transaction and settlement systems”.
Keynote speakers include Cormac Petit, Banking Industry Leader at the IBM Institute for Business Value in Netherlands who will speak on “Fit, focused and ready to fight: How banks can get in shape for the battle ahead” and Bernard Matthewman, CEO of the Paynet Group, who has a provocative presentation title, “Shh, the market is talking. Listen and act!” Dr Keith Jefferis, Economic Advisor, USAID Southern African Trade Hub, Botswana and former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Botswana, will speak on “Product innovation and access to finance”.
The event will include a specialised exhibition on products and services for the financial services sector, with over 40 local and international exhibitors.

AITEC EAST AFRICA ICT SUMMIT: Nairobi to host first East Africa ICT Summit
15/08/2010 +0000 GMT
User Comment(s) | By Sean Moroney
Nairobi to host first East Africa ICT Summit

Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC Africa, organisers of the event, said that the event is designed to further catalyse East Africa’s ICT industry following the landing of undersea fibre cables on the coast. “Now that we have substantial international bandwidth available in the region, the ICT industry needs to get its act together to deliver world-class services, enabling the regional economy to compete internationally. The Summit has an important role to play in establishing best practices for a robust ICT sector in the region. We also want to showcase the region’s emerging ICT innovators at the event to give them exposure to customers, partners and even investors. There is a tremendous reservoir of ICT talent in the region which needs business direction and investment.”

Over 100 ICT companies will be showcasing their products and services in the expo and over 500 delegates are expected to attend the conference. The conference programme has an impressive line-up of local and international experts, who will deliver presentations and participate in panel discussions and workshops.

There will be a strong focus on software development and mobile applications in the programme. Speakers on this topic include Dr Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist in the World Bank’s InfoDev programme, who will speak on mobile applications for development. Russell Southwood from the UK, a leading analyst on the African ICT market, will speak on the mobile market going open access. Agosta Liko, CEO of Vervient Consulting, one of Kenya’s emerging software developers will speak on “The weak link: The pitfalls of raising venture capital for ICT enterprises in East Africa” Kevit Desai, Director of Engineering, Centurion Systems, Kenya, will speak on “An innovation platform for content development for the empowerment of an ICT-enabled East African Community economy”.

Another major theme of the conference is “Corporate systems for productivity and competitiveness”. Martin Rennhackkamp, COO of PBT in South Africa will speak on “Strategic information – The key to organisational success”. Roger Purdie of Quintica, from Australia, will speak on “Living on the service side – The story of the 4 Ps”. Yaron Assabi, CEO of Digital Solutions Group in South Africa, will speak on “Customer experience as a competitive advantage”.

Risk management and data security is another focus of the conference, with Dr Matunda Nyanchama, Director & Principal Consultant at Agano Consulting in Canada speaking on “Information security – Critical infrastructure protection” and Gal Arbel, VP Marketing & Sales, Amiran Communications, Kenya speaking on “Data security and intrusion prevention”.

The conference will be opened by Dr Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Information & Communications.
For more information email info@aitecafrica.com.

Please Note:

COMESA AND OTHER AFRICAN NGOs Are Regional Trading Blocks formed for Africans advancement and progress.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) constitutes a regional integration grouping of 20 African countries that have agreed to pursue such integration through trade development. The member countries are Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

COMESA was established in 1994 in succession to the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA). That organization started in 1981 within the framework of the Organization of African Unity’s (OAU) Lagos Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos. The PTA sought to take advantage of the expanded market and foster greater social and economic cooperation, with the ultimate goal of formulating an economic bloc that yielded high living standards.

COMESA has sought to promote the free movement of services, capital and labor among the member countries. It has also pursued cooperation within the bloc on many key issues, including finance, agriculture and industry, communication, energy, environment, health, tourism and transport.

COMESA’s long-term goal is to develop an internationally competitive economic community. Accordingly, in addition to duty-free and quota-free trade in goods and services and free movement of goods, labor and capital, COMESA member countries would adopt common monetary and fiscal policies. They would also adopt one currency that would be issued by a single monetary entity.

Coast, N. Eastern MPs cry foul

NTVKenya | August 19, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Members of parliament from the Coast and North Eastern provinces are crying foul over the exclusion of their lot from the newly constituted cabinet committee on implementation of the new constitution. The legislators fault the two principles president Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga for not appointing ministers from the respective provinces to the committee. The cabinet committee is tasked with overseeing the quick implementation of the new constitution.

Govt to begin irrigating arid lands —– The Reason why Coast was left out from Oversight committee

NTVKenya | August 06, 2009
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Agriculture minister William Ruto says the government will from next week put over 40,000 acres of arid land under irrigation, in an attempt to shift from rain fed crop production. Ruto says lessons drawn from Israel show that the countrys food basket can move from the highlands to arid areas in North Eastern, Eastern and parts of Coast province.

Elders for Kikuyu hold ceremony to reverse old ‘spell’

enya | August 22, 2010
A group of Kikuyu elders now say the controversial Mbo-i-Kamiti land company is bedeviled by a 40 year old curse. The elders performed a ritual at the farm to reverse the oath which they say is to blame for the controversies surrounding the company. The move came just days after police violently dispersed an old women’s demonstration at the farm.

Obama Challenges Young Africans to Lead in Transparency and Good Governance

VOAvideo | August 04, 2010
This year marks 50 years of independence for 17 sub-Saharan African countries. To celebrate that milestone, U.S. President Barack Obama met with 115 young African leaders from 46 countries for a question and answer session at the White House Tuesday. Mr. Obama and the young leaders exchanged views on how to best shape African systems, governments and institutions over the next 50 years. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has the story.

Implementing new law

NTVKenya | August 06, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Kenya is collectively pondering the next steps after a successful passage of the proposed constitution in the just concluded referendum. The overwhelming Yes vote that has thrown the country into jubilation, has also opened a crowded page of things to do as the nation embarks on the process of implementing the new constitution. NTV’s Joe Ageyo with a detailed look at the next steps that Kenyans will be taking within the next few days, weeks, months and even years.

Mutula: Four bills are ready

NTVKenya | August 19, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
It’s all systems go for the implementation of the new constitution. The Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs says there are at least 4 major pieces of legislation that are ready to be tabled in parliament for starters. The bills according to the Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo will be vital in the implementation of the constitution that is set to be promulgated in a week’s time. Speaking at a meeting with Media Owners and Editors’ Guild Mutula said that the law that should guide the Electoral process henceforth is ready. On the vital Judicial changes that are anticipated, Mutula gave the assurance that the legislation on the Vetting of Judges is also set. Mutula gave the example of the incident where APs raided a police station to release their colleague on Sunday as a precursor for the much needed police reforms whose bill he says is also in place. Another vital law, which is a pillar of the implementation process, is a Supreme Court whose law he says will be in place by Christmas. The Justice Minister urged the media to help in the implementation process by joining the Civic education effort.

Job well done

NTVKenya | August 06, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The Interim Independent Electoral Commission IIEC has received numerous nods of approval from Kenyans, local and international observers, the diplomatic corps and other leaders for its efficient conduct of the just concluded referendum. NTV’s Gladys Mutiso follows the path that IIEC took to among other things, exorcise the ghost of the disbanded Samuel Kivuitu led Electoral commission of Kenya ECK.

The missing embassy land

NTVKenya | August 10, 2010
It has emerged that taxpayers may have lost more than one billion shillings following the now controversial purchase of an embassy land in Japan.
The chairman of the parliamentary committee on defense and foreign affairs adan keynan claimed that his committee learnt that indeed there was no land paid for by the ministry of foreign affairs as alleged.
The committee had summoned finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta to shed light on the issue as part of the ongoing investigations.

Hurdles To Implementation Of New Law

standardgroupkenya | August 19, 2010
The implementation of the new constitution could be headed for a bumpy road a…
Mutua on Promulgation Holiday

kenyacitizentv | August 12, 2010
The government has declared Friday, the 27th of august a public holiday. Government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua said the decision was to allow Kenyans to witness the promulgation of the new constitution. Dr Mutua said a host of world leaders had been invited to witness the event that will take place at Uhuru Park. Abdi Osman reports.

Chief Justice On Judicial Reforms

standardgroupkenya | August 09, 2010
One of the key institutions to undergo radical changes after the new law comes into effect is the judiciary. Two months after coming into effect of the new constitution, the judicial service commission will be set up to usher in major reforms which will see the vetting of all the 57 judges and 277 magistrates in Kenya. And speaking today, Chief Justice Evan Gicheru says the judiciary is ready for the exercise.

States to fine-tune Common Market hurdles

ntvuganda | July 02, 2010
The implementation of the East African Common Market Protocol that took effect yesterday is on course. But with it comes the hurdles that will involve harmonization of laws that breach the protocol. For example, some of the East African countries will have to amend their immigration and labor laws to ease the integration process.

91% of Kenyans back new law

NTVKenya | August 21, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Despite the latest bid to block the promulgation of the new constitution over the referendum results, a new poll by Infotrak Harris shows that 91% of Kenyans back those results. According to the survey, Kenyans believe the interim independent electoral commission conducted the polls in a free, fair and transparent manner. The poll also indicates that Prime Minister Raila Odinga remains the preferred presidential candidate. Rashid Ronald with the details of the survey.

Ethiopians charged

NTVKenya | August 20, 2010
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A Kibera magistrate Grace Nzioka on Friday ordered 89 foreigners who were living in the country illegally to pay a fine of 10,000 shillings each and be deported immediately. The 89 Ethiopians who were arrested mid-week risk a jail sentence of 3 months should they fail to pay the fine and will be deported after serving the sentence. Nimrod Tabu reports.

Police round up 90 Ethiopian nationals

NTVKenya | August 18, 2010
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Earlier on Wednesday police in Nairobi arrested some 90 foreigners who were crammed in a single house in one of the suburbs. Investigators believe the Ethiopians, most of them without travel documents, were on their way to South Africa. And as Yassin Juma reports, police are now looking for an Ethiopian woman said to be behind the syndicate.

Human trafficking bust

NTVKenya | June 23, 2010
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Police on Wednesday afternoon raided a bungalow in Nairobi’s Ngong area and arrested 44 Ethiopian immigrants, raising the possibility of a human trafficking racket. The men were found lying on the floor in a secluded residence about three kilometers from Ngong town. Rose Wangui reports.

Govt. in talks with Ethiopia over attacks

NTVKenya | March 06, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The Samburu raid came just days after militia men from Ethiopia crossed into Turkana in a deadly attack. Foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula says the government is holding cross border consultations with Ethiopian authorities to stem the attacks.

Bull’s-Eye: Clash of the ‘titans’

NTVKenya | July 30, 2010
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Failing doesn’t make you a failure, that’s the gospel according to Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. Because he is still in the land of the living, he is doing what living politicians do, rubbing those who consigned him into retirement the wrong way. Moi wants to score but there are those who think he is offside and as Emmanuel Juma reports on Bull’s-Eye, it’s turning out to be an ill tempered game.
BANKING & PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES EAST AFRICA 2009: East African banks look beyond the international credit crunch
25/01/2009 +0000 GMT
By Sean Moroney
Although the international banking industry is going through what may be its worst crisis in history, East African banks have to a large extent escaped the worst of it and are able to capitalise on the untapped potential of the region’s majority unbanked for future growth.
This is the message of the organisers of the Banking & Payment Technologies Conference, to be held in Nairobi over 17-19 February. “The banking sector in East Africa has mercifully little exposure to the toxic sub-prime mortgage in the USA and therefore is well placed to endure the current international financial crisis,” said Sean Moroney, Chairman of AITEC Africa, who are hosing the event.
“This year the size of the event will more than double in terms of the exhibition size and the number of conference delegates. We already have great sponsorship support, with both Paynet and Safaricom as Platinum Sponsors.

Gold sponsors of the event include Simba Technology and Technology Associates and SBA Technologies of the USA. Postilion, a leading supplier of banking switch systems, is a Silver sponsor of the event. One of the conference sessions will focus on the development of a regional switch to facilitate inter-bank financial transactions.
A major focus of the conference will be mobile banking. “Banks have been upstaged by the mobile operators in terms of providing low-cost money transfer services for customers and are now having to play catch-up. The conference will provide a valuable opportunity for banks to learn more about the range of mobile banking services that have been developed across Africa and beyond, and assess the best options for their own adoption. They need to decide whether mobile operators are competitors or potential partners that could help them extend banking services to the majority of Africa’s population that remains unbanked. By combining the security systems and experience of banks with the wide reach of mobile operators, the industry could come up with unique solutions and services that transform African economies. The question is whether there is business leadership in place that has the vision to think beyond crude competition to explore the partnerships that could create a new era for banking in East Africa,” said Conference Chairman Joe DiVanna, CEO of Maris Strategies. Mr DiVanna, a leading expert on banking in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has been appointed by AITEC to chair the conference and advise on the programme development.
Speakers on mobile banking include Bjorn Soderberg, a consultant from Sweden who recently completed a study on mobile banking systems in Africa, Pauline Vaughan, Head of Safaricom’s M-PESA service, and Girisch Nair, Founder and Chairman of Technology Associates who developed Equity Bank’s Eazzy 24/7 mobile banking service.

Sh240m US fraud planned from Kenya
By KEVIN J KELLEY, New York
Posted Friday, August 20 2010 at 16:28
In Summary
· Shots were called from Kenya, with elaborate instructions and falsified documents, says report
· Scam initially involved only one Kenyan living in the United States
· Kenyans convicted in the case were not the authors of the scam, the court was told
A ring of fraudsters operating from Kenya are behind the attempted theft of millions of dollars from US government agencies for which three Kenyans were jailed in America.
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An American judge found that they conspired to steal millions of dollars from US government agencies in five states.
They were helped by the three Kenyans living in America to execute the scheme which involved phony companies claiming compensation from the US government for fictitious services.
And on Thursday, a US judge sentenced two Kenyans to a total of nearly 10 years in prison for roles in the fraud.
US Judge John Copenhaver Jnr handed down a six-year term to Robert Otiso, 36, and a three-year, 10-month sentence to Paramena Shikanda, 35, for their roles in a scam that sought to dupe US officials in five states into paying Kenyan fraudsters a total of at least $3.3 million ( about Sh240 million)owed to legitimate businesses.
A third Kenyan, Collins Masese, 21, was sentenced to the nine months he has already spent in jail in connection with the scam. Masese also faces possible deportation to Kenya, as do the other Kenyans once they complete their sentences.
“Virtually all the shots were called from Kenya, with elaborate instructions and falsified documents to enable the conspiracy at every turn,” the judge said, according to a report by the Associated
Press.
An attorney for Shikanda tried at the sentencing hearing in the state of West Virginia to depict the previously convicted Kenyans as pawns in a scheme engineered from Kenya.
“All of these people, all of them, were merely servants of the puppet masters in Kenya who manipulated them from the safety of Kenya,” said defence lawyer Gary Collias, the AP reported.
The scam initially involved only one Kenyan living in the United States: Angella Chegge-Kraszeski, 34, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy last year.
The Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette reported that she had travelled to Kenya in late 2008, where she was recruited by a man she knew as Jimmy Ojwang.
Using a photo taken while she was in Kenya, “Ojwang” provided Chegge-Kraszeski with a fake South African passport. Chegge-Kraszeski then incorporated three companies in the state of North Carolina with names nearly identical to those of businesses that did provide services to US state governments, the Charleston Gazette said.
With Otiso’s help, she set up bank accounts for the fake corporations. The scammers then tried to trick officials in West Virginia, Massachusetts, Kansas, Florida and Ohio into routing payments into those accounts.
At Thursday’s hearing, the Charleston Gazette reported, a US prosecuting attorney presented a copy of an e-mail from Chegge-Kraszeski’s handler in Kenya with “WELL DONE GUYS” typed in the subject line. The message was sent after a payment for $919,916 was made into a fake account Chegge-Kraszeski and Otiso had established.
Chegge-Kraszeski said in court that the Kenyans convicted in the case were not the authors of the scam.
“There was no leader among us,” she said, according to the West Virginia paper’s account. “They [in Kenya] told us what to do.”
Overall, more than three-quarters of a million dollars wound up in Kenya. Additional funds scammed in the case were frozen by suspicious US bank officials before the money could be sent to Kenya.
Shikanda told the judge on Thursday that his family in Kenya has been harassed by people believing, wrongly, that they’re harbouring the loot, the AP reported. Masese’s father, Thomas Masese, said after the sentencing that the same was true for their relatives in Kenya, the AP added.
“They don’t have the money,” the elder Masese, who lives in the state of Minnesota, told the AP. “These are poor kids.”
Judge Copenhaver seemed to accept that the convicted Kenyans would be unable to repay money stolen in the case. But the judge added that the scam could not have succeeded without the participation of the Kenyans in the United States.
“You were an enabler, and an important one,” Judge Copenhaver told Otiso, the AP reported.
Two other Kenyans—Michael Ochenge, 33, and Albert Gunga, 30, both living in the state of Minnesota—have pleaded guilty in the scam and are scheduled to be sentenced on August 26.

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