Two people who allegedly defrauded celebrated athlete Mercy Jelangat of Sh300,000 promising to enlist her jobless cousin into the national police Service were on Friday charged with obtaining the money by false pretenses.
The two, Lilian Awuor and Abdalla Anyienda, are accused of defrauding the athlete of the cash on diverse dates between April 1 and April 4, 2022 at Kasarani Sub County in Nairobi contrary to section 313 of the penal code.
They are accused of colluding with others who are still at large to commit the offence while purporting they were in position to recruit Jelangat’s cousin into the National Police Service knowing the same was not true.
Ms Jelangat was informed by her friend that he had met influential people in government who could influence and help her enlist her cousin into the NPS during the March 2022 recruitment exercise.
She got a phone number of one of the people who are suspects in the case being sought by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and contacted him. She later sent the person Sh300,000 in two batches through M-Pesa.
