From ambassador of bribes to ambassador of bullets..High diplomat Kyengo’s crime series continues

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A high ranking diplomat arrested by police over alleged extortion is also being investigated for being in possession of illegal ammunition.

Mr Hillary Kyengo, who until September this year was the acting Kenya’s ambassador to Russia, was arrested last week over allegations of attempting to extort an unknown amount of money from Teachers Service Commission chief executive Nancy Macharia.

He is alleged to have approached Ms Macharia as a detective from the office of Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti, where he demanded money as a bribe to kill off some purported investigations at TSC.

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James Ndirangu Kagecha, Mr Hillary Kyengo and David Mwaniki Maluki allegedly offered to drop the ‘investigations’ if Ms Macharia agreed to cooperate by giving them money, prompting the TSC boss to alert DCI detectives.

Police have not divulged more information on where the arrests were made and how much money the three suspects had asked for.

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Currently in addition to his problems,according to his lawyer Daniel Maanzo, Mr Kyengo was found with bullets exceeding the number permitted to private gun holders, prompting police to ask the court for more time to verify how he acquired them.

“He was found with 96 bullets, while he’s only permitted to have 24 so police needed more time to interrogate him” Mr Maanzo who is also the MP for Makueni told reporters on telephone.

He said his client was, however, granted a bond of Sh250,000 on December 24, 2018.

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