What Dubai ruler told Uhuru, Raila about Wetangula in their secret meeting over gold scandal

Kenya has been hit by a scandal that is now threatening its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates.

The fake gold scandal that has been linked with several Kenyan political leaders and businessmen has irked the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who feels conned and is now demanding answers from Kenyan leaders.

Details have however emerged of his earlier meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.

The two Kenyan leaders are said to have met the Sheikh while on their journey from China.

During the meeting, the Dubai ruler is said to have shared with Uhuru the audio that captured a conversation between his nephew Ali Zandi and the Kenyan contact, and also explained how they had been taken in circles in Nairobi over the gold consignment that was to be trucked from DRC Congo and flown out via Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

The audio that has since leaked bears the voice of Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula.

The Sheikh had been told by their Kenyan contacts the gold consignment had been seized at JKIA, but authorities say the Dubai ruler was conned as there was no such cargo.

It would appear Sheikh Maktoum had decided to raise the matter personally with Uhuru because it had been three months since he had lodged a protest with Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over the gold consignment allegedly seized at JKIA.

In the January 20 letter, the Sheikh had requested immediate action regarding the shipment of gold under “our company’s name Zlivia, which is being retained by your authorities in Kenya.”

The Sheikh had acknowledged that he understood the delay “was caused by the last terrorist attack in your country” apparently referring to the dusitD2 terror attack on January 15.

During the meeting at a hotel in Dubai, a Kenyan who has been mentioned in the saga was introduced to Raila as the one who was supposed to supply the said gold from DRC, but the commodity was detained at JKIA.

The Kenyan man was embarrassed when he called a man purporting to be Matiang’i on the phone only for Raila to declare the person on the other end was not the CS.“He put the phone on a loud speaker and when Raila heard the voice of the other party, he intervened and declared it was not the CS.

This ended the conversation,” said an official aware of the issue.It was at that point that Raila is said to have told the Dubai ruler they had been swindled and promised to raise the matter with the Kenyan officials.

Raila is said to have flown back to Kenya and met the President and other security officials, and informed them of the saga.

DPP Noordin Haji has since given police seven days to investigate the leaked audio recording and give him a file for action.

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