Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula was actively involved in the Sh250 million fake gold scandal, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has confirmed.
Kinoti said his office has established that Wetang'ula played a role in the scam where a United Arab Emirates royal family was conned by fraudsters who posed as genuine business people.
He said the Bungoma Senator has been lined up for questioning to establish the circumstances and degree of his involvement in the scandal which has seen UAE leadership write a protest letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Our preliminary investigations have confirmed that the former Foreign Affairs Minister was actively involved in the syndicate, and we would like to establish his role in the whole deal. We would like to know whether he was a victim or a complicit player,” said the DCI boss.
Despite his name being mentioned adversely in the illegal trade, the senator has maintained a deafening silence since the DCI started a crackdown on members of the cartel whose activities has shocked the country.
However, his personal assistant Chris Mandu has come out to deny the allegations, noting the politician was also swindled off his cash in what he termed as 'business deal gone sour'.
“This was a business deal gone sour that is now being peddled around by his business partners, who also lost money in the business transaction. It is very unfortunate that some people are now trying to politicise the whole matter in which the Senator lost huge amounts of money,” the PA said on Monday.