Monday, June 23, 2025 - Tragedy has struck twice for the family of slain blogger, Albert Ojwang, after it emerged that over Ksh 500,000 raised by well-wishers for his burial and family support has been fraudulently withdrawn from his father’s Mpesa account.
According to the family spokesperson and Albert’s uncle,
Polycarp Odhiambo, the money mobilized through comedian Eric Omondi’s Sisi
Kwa Sisi Initiative, vanished under suspicious circumstances.
“A few days ago, my brother (Albert's father) went to
withdraw the money but encountered a problem because he didn’t have an ID. When
he visited Safaricom for assistance, he discovered that even his own Ksh 17,000
was missing,” Odhiambo explained.
Upon checking the transaction statement, the family
discovered that over Ksh 500,000 had been withdrawn by unknown
individuals, whose names appeared in the Mpesa logs.
This heartbreaking case comes barely a week after a similar
incident involving the father of Boniface Kariuki, a hawker
who was fatally shot during recent anti-Government protests.
In that case, over Ksh 200,000 raised by the same
initiative was allegedly stolen under similar circumstances.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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