{"id":6377,"date":"2024-10-22T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:39:39","slug":"friendly-driver-tricked-kirinyaga-woman-and-drove-away-with-her-bag-containing-ksh-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/friendly-driver-tricked-kirinyaga-woman-and-drove-away-with-her-bag-containing-ksh-200000\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly driver tricked Kirinyaga woman and drove away with her bag containing Ksh.200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Kirinyaga woman is in disbelief after she lost Ksh.200,000 to fraudsters at the Ngurubani Trading Centre, Kirinyaga county in a record 3 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

A 45-year-old Jane Miano who is a trader at the shopping centre was headed to Makutano market which is 5 kilometers away from Ngurubani when she was offered a lift by a driver in a private car.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overjoyed at her luck, she hopped into the car which set off towards Makutano; she knew she would take less than 30 minutes to and from the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

The car had three other occupants; two women who were very eager to engage the Ms. Miano in a hearty conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after, the driver stopped outside a local supermarket and gave Ms. Miano\u00a0 Ksh.100 to grab a bottle of water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the car\u2019s occupants appeared very friendly, she hopped off and sauntered to the supermarket, leaving her purse inside the car.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was after she left the supermarket that she realized that the car had driven off, taking away her bag which had Ksh.200,000 and personal documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was heading to the market to buy several bags of rice, I was running alone in the town like a mad woman after they fled with my money,\u201d she told Citizen Digital.<\/span><\/p>\n

The matter was reported to the Wang\u2019uru police station and is currently under investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Area residents have raised alarm over the increasing cases of fraud in the county.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday, three people were arrested after robbing a 54-year-old woman Ksh.70,000 after claiming they were employees of telco giant Airtel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, Beth Mbithe-the victim- was alerted by her son who locked the three inside their family home in Baricho before alerting the police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ndia Police Commander Joseph Mwika said the three suspects; Benson Waigwa Macharia 38,Mercy mukami,29, and Caroline Wanjiru,20, are all from Makongeni in Thika.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read the original article on CitizenTV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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