{"id":31188,"date":"2016-12-19T02:23:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T02:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-presidential-aspirant-to-appear-in-court\/"},"modified":"2016-12-19T02:23:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T02:23:52","slug":"kenya-presidential-aspirant-to-appear-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-presidential-aspirant-to-appear-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya:’Presidential aspirant’ to appear in court over Sh5m deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A man who recently announced his bid for the presidency in 2017 is set to appear before a Nairobi court today over a Sh5-million deposit.}<\/p>\n

Mr Cliff Odolo Mboya was arrested on Friday and held at the Kileleshwa Police Station over the weekend over Sh5 million that was deposited into his bank account.<\/p>\n

Authorities have raised queries over the source of the funds deposited into his Housing Finance bank account in January.<\/p>\n

He will be charged before a Milimani courts on Monday, police sources at the station told the Nation.<\/p>\n

But Mr Mboya has now written to Housing Finance Group, where the funds were deposited, to protest his innocence.<\/p>\n

{{ABNORMAL DEPOSITS}}<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did your bank not query the source of this money when it hit my account in January 2016?\u201d he asks in a letter dated December 17 and addressed to HFC Managing Director Frank Ireri.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe banks are supposed to inquire about any abnormal deposits, especially transactions above Sh1 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that he was not stopped from withdrawing \u201cseverally\u201d from the account when he started drawing funds from September, eight months after receiving the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a businessman and during the time the money came to my account, I was expecting Sh10 million from Mr John Abei from South Sudan who wanted me to invest the money from him,\u201d he says in his letter.<\/p>\n

{{SH10 MILLION}}<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Sh5, 004,993 came in, I knew it was part of the Sh10 million I was expecting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Mboya further asked the institution to intervene in the ongoing court case or he will \u2018seek to reclaim my tarnished image even if it means going to court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy now? It is only two weeks ago when I declared my interest to vie for the presidency of Kenya. Is this part of a big conspiracy to stop me from exercising my birth right to vie for the presidency of Kenya?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Mr Mboya had recently said he planned to run for the presidency on an anti-corruption stance, saying that politicians should brace for tough times in his administration.
\n{{
\nTOUGH STANCE}}<\/p>\n

He promised to push for a law that would see corruption attract the death penalty.<\/p>\n

He has also announced that he will move the capital city from Nairobi to Isiolo to \u201cas proposed in the vision 2030 agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also wants Cabinet secretaries nominated before even the elections in what he said would offer a full scrutiny of the government before assuming office.<\/p>\n

In the current system, CSs are nominated after the elections with the approval of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

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