Anne Njoroge: Missing Woman Who Bought Ksh17B Oil Found
Njoroge was captured alongside lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who confirmed her whereabouts as she was arraigned before a court in Mombasa.
Marvin Chege 
Anne Njeri Njoroge, the businesswoman who went missing after being reportedly linked to the importation of 100,000 metric tons of oil valued at Ksh17 billion, has been found.
Njoroge was captured alongside lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who confirmed her whereabouts as she was arraigned before a court in Mombasa.
The duo was captured walking into the Mombasa Law Court minutes past noon. However, details of where she disappeared for the past six days were yet to be established.
Ann Njeri Njoroge appears in court on November 14, 2023. /CITIZEN DIGITAL
Ahead of her arraignment on Tuesday, November 14, Njoroge had been reported missing, with her phone switched off and police officers stated that she was not in custody, having appeared at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) along Kiambu Road.
According to Ombeta, the businesswoman was asked by Energy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Davis Chirchir to show up at the DCI headquarters where she was interrogated on her sources of wealth.
"Energy CS Chirchir told her that she needed to report to DCI headquarters in Nairobi. She met the DCI boss (Mohamed) Amin who directed her to the investgators. When she left, she was blocked, and since then, we have not seen her," said Ombeta.
At the centre of the entire saga is the fight for ownership of the consignment between two marketing companies who alleged to own 100,000 metric tons of the said diesel.
According to reports, the ship ferrying the consignment had been blocked from leaving the dock and the diesel being offloaded until the ownership dispute was heard and determined.
However, Chirchir indicated that the consignment was imported by another company, adding that the government would work with various agencies to trace the owner of the consignment.
"The consignment was brought in by a company called Galana and it has been discharged. So, we want to know the truth but the case is in court at the moment," the CS stated during a tree-planting exercise in Baringo County on Monday, November 13.
Previously, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) determined that Njoroge's company had submitted supposed cargo documents which were deemed to be invalid.
KPA found that Ann’s Import and Export Enterprises Limited, whose cargo was linked to the Dubai and Kilifi-based businesswoman, was not approved to receive the 93,460 tons of Gasoil loaded by the tanker at the Saudi Arabian port of Yanbu in late September.
The Authority's Board Chairman Benjamin Tayari revealed that the consignment was loaded onto MT Haigui, afterwhich she tendered her notice of readiness and contacted the Port of Mombasa under the Agency of Sturrock Shipping (Kenya) Limited, which requested for the ship to be brought alongside, with the ship docking at Mombasa in early November.
“Out of the manifested 93,460 metric tonnes of gasoil, 49, 091 was destined to Kenya with the shipper being Aramco Trading Fujairah as nominated by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. The remainder being 44,3687 metric tonnes was transit cargo for neighbouring countries including Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC,” Tayari stated.
