WIDOWER WHO WITHDREW ACCIDENTALLY SENT MPESA MONEY TO HIS PHONE JAILED
By Chris Ojow
Writings on the wall, if by any chance you
receive accidentally sent mpesa money,
Please prevent or stay away from More
suffering in Kenyan Maximum Prisons
by sending the money back to the owner.
As the father of two school going lower primary
school pupils, a widower, sole bread winner and
the first born, Convict Cyrus Nzoka will spend a cool three
months in one of the Country Maximum prison or
pay a fine of 20,000 Kenya shillings to purchase
his freedom.
Nairobi’s Senior Principal Magistrate Martha
Nanzushi at Milimani Law Court on Monday
28th June year 2021, at 9am East Africa Time,
Sentenced the accused to a lenient sentence
on his own admission of being guilty.
The bad, ugly and unacceptable mischievous
behavior, where majority of Kenyans after
accidentally receiving MPESA money and
quickly rushing, withdrawing the cash for their
own personal use, money that do not
belong to them, is a very common behaviour
within the Country.
Even with the aggressive efforts of the
Giant Telecommunications in the Country
Safaricom, inventing quicker methods to revert
the accidentally sent money back to their
owners, still they are mostly beaten at their own game or mpesa
anti theft measures.
The law, Section 322 (1) as read with section
322 (2) of the penal code, prohibits the
fraudulent habit, if found and arrested, the
offenders are charged with stealing and
handling stolen property.
Several innocent Safaricom subscribers and
MPESA users, on many occasions has reported
complaints with the giant telecommunications
company Safaricom and the Country Law
enforcement units, hoping to recover money
sent accidentally, but their missions on several
occasions has never been successful.
Since the receiver’s of accidentally sent money
always switch off their mobiles phones or quickly
withdraw the amount of money before the senders
or victims realises.
The accused Cyrus Nzoka was arrested on
Thursday 24th June year 2021 after the complainant reported
an act of theft at the Capital City Central Police
Station, Nairobi County Kenya and was
arraigned before Nairobi’s Senior Principal
Magistrate Martha Nanzushi on Friday 25th
June at 9am East Africa Time , where he was
charged with two counts of stealing and
handling stolen property .
Cyrus Nzoka Maithya in his 50s pleaded guilty
to receiving 16 ,463. Kenya shillings sent
accidentally to his phone by Harriet Karimi a
widow and intentionally, unlawfully withdrew
the money belonging to the complainant and
channeled it to his personal use.
in her statement the complainant Harriet Karimi
indicated that the money sent accidentally to
the accused Cyrus Nzoka , was being wired to
the City hospital account office to clear
medical bills of one of her family member
admitted at the said City medical institution.
Convict Cyrus Nzoka a widower and a first born
in a family of five, sole bread winner. Wasted
the greatest opportunity given by the trial
Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Nanzushi,
where he was given an option to refund the
money to the complainant Karimi also a widow
by Monday 28th June year 2021, but fate was
not on his side, he will spend three months at
Kamiti Maximum Prison and also serve as an
example to majority of Kenyans with similar
unprofessional attitudes.
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