On Thursday, Benson Wanjau the founder and director of Hope Foundation For Orphans was arrested for allegedly refusing to release Sh2.8 million for a baby’s surgery overseas.
Wanjau was arrested at ABC Place in Westlands and taken to Muthangari police station, over the case that CID Director Ndegwa Muhoro is expected to take up.
The detectives who arrested Mr. Wanjau said the baby only required Sh700,000.
On Tuesday, Naomi Ichami, Murang’a county police commander said Wanjau’s three accounts were frozen amid a search for him.
Ichami said an M-Pesa accounts, an Equity Bank and the pay bill number Wanjau used to raise money for 15-month-old Fidelis Muthoni, have been blocked.
Muthoni suffers from Encephalocele (frontal bone defect)and was due for surgery in Canada on Tuesday.
Her family said a team of doctors from Canada had offered her free treatment if they paid for her flight and six-month stay.
Murang’a county police commander said at the time the accounts were being frozen, Equity Bank account had only Sh173,000 while the M-Pesa account was active but empty.
Muthoni’s family said Wanjau, who is a close relative, volunteered to conduct the funds drive, but the money was withdrawn without their knowledge.
“The pay bill account number transcripts that we got from Safaricom indicated that Sh2.8 million had been deposited into the account and later withdrawn,” said Muthoni’s father Kenneth Kinuthia.
Kinuthia added that he had given Wanjau Sh155,000 to deposit into the account.
He said Wanjau opened pay bill account number 317081, posted his daughter’s photographs on social media and sought financial assistance.
In a post on his Facebook page, ‘Wanjau Alejandro’ denied the allegationssaying that he had dedicated months of hard work to assisting the baby.
http://countiesnews.com/2015/08/20/ngo-founder-arrested-for-failing-to-release-sh-2-8-million-meant-for-childs-treatment/
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