A 25-year-old resident of Athi River town in Machakos County has been forced to close her account at a local bank after what she alleged were mysterious withdrawals.
Josephine Mwende, a secretary at a law firm in Athi River town, said on Saturday that a mysterious person has been drawing from her account whenever she makes a deposit.
“Someone has been withdrawing my savings from an ATM. He or she has made a habit of checking my account, withdrawing my money whenever I deposit more,” said Mwende.
Mwende who said her money, kept in an account of a local bank, had been withdrawn five times without knowing the person behind it.
She said she was shocked to check her balance from one of the bank’s ATM machines in Athi River on Friday, only to realise she had a zero balance in the account.
Mwende said she had deposited Sh5,000 in the account on Thursday this week, which belonged to a women group.
She said that because she did not know what to do as she had no clue about the culprit, the only remedy was to close down the account to open a new one with another bank.
She faulted the bank for failure to protect its clients’ money, stating that there ought to have been security measures to ensure all clients had their accounts safe.