Inside NTSA Multi-billion shilling scam, bogus identities , and resurrection day

Image result for ntsa shockingWell dying poor may be a shame but once NTSA resurrects you,you will live large and have your name written in the Forbes lists.

If rogue officers at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) are to be believed, Mariam Omar Mwakituko rose from the dead and imported heavy commercial vehicles.

Were it not for the confounding grand fraud executed by the wayward officers at NTSA Mariam would probably never have been known beyond her home area in Msambweni, Kwale County.
Police believe there are other Government agencies likely to be helping perpetrate the multi-billion shilling scam by using bogus identities such as the dead mother of four.
Mariam was buried on August 30, 2014 – a day after her death at Alfarooq Hospital. However, to the shock of members of her family, she is listed as a major importer of vehicles and knock-down car parts.

She is also the registered owner and operator of three commercial trucks, suspected to have been illegally assembled. Yet she lived in near destitution with her Imam husband, Swaleh Rashid.
It was only by accident that her younger brother, Omar, chanced upon the information as he sought to sell land registered in her name to clear the hospital bill she had accumulated. Paying for the transfer of the ownership documents to the buyer through the Government’s revenue portal revealed her ‘immense wealth’.
Among the properties she supposedly owned, according to Government records, are 13-tonne Isuzu truck and Toyota matatu registered in 2015 and 2016.
“I was shocked to find out that someone was using my sister’s identity to execute fraud,” Omar said.

Alfarooq Hospital only released Mariam’s body after the family surrendered their title deed, a pointer to the financial strain her illness caused.
Mariam’s is among many fictitious identities used by actual importers to execute the complex web of fraud involving billions of shillings and thousands of vehicles – mostly heavy trucks sold as pre-owned.Image result for heavy trucks mombasa road
There are concerns her identity might have been used even before her death. Documents in our possession show several transactions years after her burial at Mwembeni Muslim Cemetery.
It is these imports, some destined for neighbouring countries, that are reassembled and registered in the NTSA system before they are sold to unsuspecting buyers.
Last week, an official of the Kenya Revenue Authority ordered the impounding of four truckloads of spare parts that have since been established to be complete vehicles that have only been broken up.
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Mariam’s case offers a rare peek into the operations of rogue NTSA officers in abetting high-level crimes including tax evasion – as is the case with multiple car registration plates.Several top NTSA officials have been charged with colluding with criminals to produce fake vehicle registration plates, with a prominent case being the hatchback driven by the terrorists who attacked the dusitD2 hotel.

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At the heart of the scam are at least two foreigners whose names and nationalities we withhold pending possible arrest. The two were said to be the masterminds of the racket with roots in China.
A need to lessen pollution through heavy emissions means vehicles are condemned while still serviceable by Kenyan standards, under which the age limit for imports is eight years.
A whistle-blower who spoke to The Standard gave a detailed account of the steps that follow the retiring of the vehicles, starting with stripping of usable parts.

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