Joseph Waswa has been the name on everyone’s lips for being among the seven people who conned a business of millions while impersonating President Uhuru Kenyatta and details about him are coming out swiftly.
He might pass as an ordinary Kenyan, but he is not. According to the Star, Waswa runs charity initiatives and owns a fleet of four choppers and enjoys the high life.
He seems every inch the big hearted philanthropist but not any more atleast for now.
Here are things that prove that Waswa is not new to controversy.
He is a philanthropist through the Lendrix Foundation and generous handouts,Waswa has donated millions of shillings to construct schools across Bungoma county, he Landed with four helicopters for the dowry payment function of his wife in December 2017 that left the whole village in awe.
This was no ordinary ceremony in the village, Waswa and his fiancée Maureen Tabitha exchanged rings estimated to have cost around Sh1.6 million in what left villagers reeling in shock.
Many could not fathom what the bride price must have been, but it is believed that tens of millions of shillings were paid.
Among the high and mighty who attended the event were MPs Charles Nguna (Mwingi West), Babu Owino (Embakasi East), Caleb Amisi (Saboti) and Alfred Keter (Nandi Hills).
A fleet of high-end, V-8 vehicles were on standby to pick the guests from a playing field, home of the bride to be.
In 2016, Waswa had shocked villagers and the whole of Bungoma county when he offered a helicopter ride to a man who had hung onto a flying helicopter.
Saleh Wanjala, 41, had hung onto the chopper from the Posta Grounds to the Bungoma Airstrip, where he jumped off as the aircraft descended. It was carrying the body of slain businessman Jacob Juma. Wanjala came to be known as the James Bond of Bungoma.
In 2014, Waswa was arrested and arraigned at the Bungoma High Court on charges of murdering Mombasa University student Mitch Barasa Kibiti.
The slain student was the son of a former Bungoma chief officer David Kibiti.The court heard that Waswa shot dead Mitch at his hotel in Kimilili while he was celebrating his birthday with friends.
Due to this, the residents later torched Waswa’s Etonia Hotel in Kimilili.
Waswa was represented by top lawyers, including PLO Lumumba and Cliff Ombeta.The case is still underway after ballistics reports indicated that the murder weapon was not Waswa’s.