Kenya Ports Authority [KPA] managers have pitched tent at the central police station in Mombasa county pleading for the transfer of their General Manager Finance Patrick Nyoike to a station with better cells.
Patrick Nyoike was arrested this morning over a Sh 214 million fraud allegation at the port of Mombasa.
His colleagues and family members are not comfortable with the environment and conditions at the police station and want him to be placed in custody at a better station as he waits his arraignment in court.
Nyoike and his wife Jacinta Wanjiku Wambugu are said to be the owners of Nyali capital loaning scheme which is in the centre of the scandal. The directors of the company are listed as Alfred Hinga Nyoike (brother to Patrick Nyoike) and one Peter Ndichu Kinyanjui and Jacinta Wanjiku Wambugu who is the company’s general manager.
They were picked at the family residence in the posh Nyali area before having their breakfast while following Sunday prayers online due to the outbreak of the corona virus which has led to the closure of churches.
The parking bay of the police station was a beehive of activity as relatives and friends including KPA acting managing director Rashid Salim visited the couple.
Salim was accompanied by KPA General manager operations and Habour Master Captain William Ruto among others.
The family was also in the process of getting a lawyer who will assist them during trial at the court of law.
Isaac Obunga a clerical officer at KPA was also arrested.
A statement from the Director of public prosecutions Noordin Hajj reads “Indeed, Patrick Wambugu Nyoike facilitated Nyali Capital Limited’s micro finance business to finance the KPA suppliers, Local Purchase Order (LPOs) and Local Service Orders (LSOs) and thereafter used the KPA system to have the principal and the interest from the said suppliers remitted to Nyali Capital Limited’s account by the KPA,”
The statement further reads “Wanyoike had interests in the company, with his wife, Jacinta and brother Hinga, were working as GM and Director respectively,”
They will be arraigned before the Anti- Corruption Magistrate’s Court in Mombasa on Monday.
Nyoike is among the 10 candidates who applied for the position of the KPA Managing director.
Meanwhile Vincet Sadai who is the general manager infrastructure and had applied for the MD post is the only one who did not make it to the list of those shortlisted for the job.
