Sh9 billion National Youth Service (NYS) scandal Chief Investigator has denied claims that he had any business or sexual relations with any member of the Ngirita family.
Mike Julius Kingoo Muia, an officer attached at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi said allegations made by Ann Ngirita’s brother, Jeremiah Gichina that they had both been actively doing business with the NYS since 2014, but the alleged relations had recently gone sour, was false.
“I, together with Mike Julius Kingoo Muia have been carrying out business of supplying hardware and renovating facilities at the National Youth Service in Gilgil,” Mr. Ngirita said in an affidavit filed in court.
Gichina said it was after their “business relationship” with the DCI sleuth went south that he decided to fix members of the family in the multi-billion scam.
“The cause of all the allegations against me and my family is due to the business disagreements between Mike Julius Kingoo Muia and ourselves all the said allegations are totally false and malicious,” added Mr Ngirita.
However, Muia now says the claims by Mr. Gichina are false and only meant to divert attention and jeopardize the ongoing investigation into the heist.
“Jeremiah Gichina Ngirita’s main intention is to delay the prosecution of this matter and divert attention from the main issues,” said Muia.
“I have never been in any business relationship with Jeremiah Gichina Ngirita nor a partner at Jerrycathy Enterprises which he owns. This can be confirmed from the certificate of Registration.”
In his affidavit, Gichina further accused the chief investigator of making sexual advances at his sister; Ann Wambere Wanjiku Ngirita, but Muia denies the claims.
“The only time I met Ann Wambere Wanjiku Ngirita was on May 21, 2018 at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations when I recorded her statement under inquiry in the presence of four other police officers amongst them two female officers,” says Muia.
Muia, however, admits Gichina and him were friends having met in 2013 through a mutual friend known as Sammy Kioko. The DCI officer also says at some point the three could borrow cash from each other.
“As friends we could borrow money from each other. After borrowing money from either of us, Jeremiah Gichina Ngirita used to give us cheques to deposit after a period that we had agreed on,” he says.
He maintains he has never traded with NYS, either individually or through a proxy, stating that the only time he visited the youth agency at its headquarters in Gilgil was during investigations.
