{"id":4393,"date":"2025-01-02T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:39:26","slug":"gone-in-60-seconds-they-agreed-on-sh370k-down-from-550k-tested-the-car-and-it-was-fine-but-nyaberi-found-kangundo-road-yard-closed-when-he-went-to-pick-the-vehicle-kenyantraffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/gone-in-60-seconds-they-agreed-on-sh370k-down-from-550k-tested-the-car-and-it-was-fine-but-nyaberi-found-kangundo-road-yard-closed-when-he-went-to-pick-the-vehicle-kenyantraffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone in 60 seconds – They agreed on Sh370k down from 550k, tested the car and it was fine. But Nyaberi found Kangundo Road yard closed when he went to pick the vehicle @KenyanTraffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

If he had known one click of the mouse would bring his dream down tumbling, he would have kept his finger off the device.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Nyaberi was browsing on his computer at his office in Kisii when an advert popped up on OLX displaying a car on sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

Certain that it was time to attain one item one his wish list, Nyaberi clicked on the contact details provided.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He made a call. On the other end of the phone was a man who identified himself as Fred Tonny.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Testifying before Kibera senior principal magistrate Barbara Ojoo on Wednesday, Nyaberi said the man with a sweet tongue made the deal sound even better than the picture of the car on display on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe man told me I was in the right place as their company had many nice vehicles which were in good shape and affordable. I settled on a Nissan model and asked him to send me some photos,\u201d he told the court.<\/span><\/p>\n

After haggling a bit over the price, they\u00a0agreed on Sh370, 000 down from Sh550, 000.<\/span><\/p>\n

“So I called my brother who lives in Nairobi to meet the dealers as he was more familiar with vehicles,\u201d Nyaberi testified.<\/span><\/p>\n

The brother met the dealers and reported to Nyaberi that it was a good deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

He traveled from Kisii to Nairobi to make the purchase. He and the dealers proceeded to Kagundo Road at a car yard to inspect the vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0A mechanic he brought along tested the car and affirmed it was in good condition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

From Kangundo Road he went to meet the dealer\u2019s lawyers at an office in Uchumi House.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere, we signed an agreement in the company of my brother, Fred Tonny, another dealer identified as Daniel and their lawyer,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He then decided to pay the first installment of Sh25, 000 and proceeded with Daniel to transfer the money at a KCB branch on Moi Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

He deposited the money in a company account he had been given. Fred Tonny had allegedly gone to pick a sticker from Kenya Revenue Authority offices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me that the KRA sticker had expired and Tonny volunteered to go and pick it. I gave him Sh1, 000 for a new one,\u201d Nyaberi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

After about 30 minutes, Tonny called from KRA saying there was a long queue. An hour later, he had not returned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nyaberi said they went back to Uchumi House to wait for Tonny after his phone went off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cMoments later, Daniel left me there at Uchumi House parking yard and went to boost the battery. I had been there for close to an hour when it came to my realisation that I had been conned. They were not coming back,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nyaberi went to the lawyer\u2019s office and the lawyer advised him go to the car yard on Kangundo Road.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI took a motorcycle and went to the car yard but it was locked. I called a phone number which was at the gate but the person who received told me the car had not been sold,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI called my brother. I was tired and hopeless then.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nyaberi\u2019s brother reported the matter to police, leading to the arrest of Bernard Oduor aka Fred Tonny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oduor is accused that on March 13, 2019, in Nairobi, together with others not before court, conspired to defraud Nyaberi of Sh370, 000 by pretending that they were able to sell him a car.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This article first appeared on The Star<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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