A hospital proprietor who was last week arrested and charged with obtaining 3,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) kits worth over Sh14.25 million from a businessman by false pretences, will face new charges. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is calling on those who could have lost their money to Benson Mugendi Mbaka alias Dr Benson Mugendi Mbaka under the pretense that he could help them acquire PPEs to register their complaints. Mbaka, who is a director at Lifeline Group of Hospitals, formerly Kahawa Wendani Hospital, in Nairobi was arrested on Thursday after investigations linked him to several incidents of fraud involving fake medical tenders worth over Sh200 million. DCI on Wednesday said they are in receipt of additional information that other individuals who were not party to the original suit may have also lost millions of shillings to him. “We are therefore appealing to such persons to make a report with the officer in charge of economic and commercial crimes unit at the DCI Headquarters- block B ground floor room number 12,” DCI said.

Source: Daily Nation November 27, 2020 08:15 UTC