DCI Raid Nairobi's Runda Estate, Arrest Suspects Linked To UDA Senator
The investigative agency had noted that detectives had earlier received information that the gold scammers associated with Senator Chesang were targeting a South African national
Marvin Chege 
Three suspects have been arrested in Nairobi’s posh Runda estate, in an ongoing crackdown against gold scammers that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) revealed involves Trans-Nzoia Senator, Allan Chesang.
In a statement on Sunday, October 15, DCI revealed that the trio, Fauzia Wanjiru alias Issa, Shallo Fatma alias Tett and Jackson Ochieng were arrested at Momesa Vale house number 199 on Saturday afternoon, October 14, following an intelligence-led operation.
The investigative agency had noted that detectives had earlier received information that the gold scammers associated with Senator Chesang were targeting a South African national, whom they intended to defraud a colossal amount of money.
A bar of gold seized by DCI detectives on October 14, 2023. /DCI
"The victim had been directed to Kilimani where he was picked before being driven to Runda, where the deal was to be sealed.
"Unbeknownst to the scammers, detectives had laid an ambush close to Momesa Vale from where they struck and made the arrests," stated the DCI in part.
A search in the house led to the recovery of fake US dollars, a gold induction melting machine, an export permit for minerals and samples of minerals bearing the names TENG GERM LTD and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) stickers among other crucial exhibits.
The suspects are being held at Kilimani police station pending arraignment.
Chesang was reportedly linked alongside Lang'ata Member of Parliament Phelix Odiwuor alias Jalang’o and Nyaribari Chache MP Zaheer Jhanda to a Ksh1 billion fake gold scam by both Citizen Weekly newspaper and controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi.
The lawmaker on Tuesday, September 12 however moved to issue a cease and desist demand letter against the publication and Nyakundi who published articles on the same, arguing that they published false and malicious information on the newspaper and on X (formerly Twitter) without verifying the claims.
Chesang accused Citizen Weekly of publishing various allegations concerning him which were wholly false, malicious, reckless and without any factual foundation whatsoever and which amounted to gross and blatant misrepresentations of facts and deliberate mischaracterization of his conduct.
Similar accusations were fired against Nyakundi over his tweet regarding the same story, a tweet which he revealed attracted 979 retweets and 2,165 likes after it was posted as well as 309 comments from different users who painted him as a criminal.
"You immediately cease and desist from any further publication or dissemination of these defamatory statements, slander and/or libel with regard to our Client's character and/or reputation. In addition to the retraction and apology, we demand that a correction and clarification be published in the Weekly Citizen to inform the readership that the statements made were false and without merit.
"You compensate our Client for the damage to their reputation, which includes any financial losses incurred as a result of this defamation, the quantum for which shall be discussed. You reimburse our Clients the charges incurred in pursuing the proceedings," the letter demanded.
Chesang also issued similar demands to Nyakundi, threatening him and the newspaper with consequences should they fail to adhere to his demands.
