Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s name has been dragged into a gold scam involving a South Sudanese and a South African businessman.
The scam involves flashy businessman Lawrence Malong from South Sudan who is currently behind bars in Kampala, Uganda.
According to Uganda’s Daily Monitor, Malong introduced the South African businessman to a Mr Owino in Nairobi who was supposed to help him clear gold worth Sh200 million.
The game was that the gold had been mistakenly shipped to Kenya instead of Dubai and needed to be cleared to go to its rightful destination.
At the point, the South African businessman, Wegnew Desire, had to deal with the Mr Owino for the facilitation.
Owino told Desire he is a senior Kenya Revenu Authority (KRA) official and would ensure his parcel is redirected to Dubai in a flash of a second as long as he oiled his hands with millions.
According to the Nairobian, Desire contacted the Mr Owino in 2017 for a meeting in Uganda but he stood him up.
He said he was busy with Raila Odinga’s campaigns who is his relative. That was during the hotly contested 2017 presidential elections where Raila was facing off with Uhuru Kenyatta for the top seat, Nairobian quotes the Daily Monitor.
The suspects in the scam are behind bars as they face fraud charges.