Detectives have revealed that one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s impostors, who swindled sought help from a Cabinet Secretary to evade arrest.
Henry Joseph Waswa was arrested last Friday after failed attempts to seek help from the CS.
According to People Daily, the CS reportedly tried to block the arrest of his friend, but was directed to keep off lest he drew the wrath of “higher authorities”.
Waswa is reported to have fled to Naivasha from where he purchased a new sim card and called the CS, seeking his intervention.
The two later met in Lavington where detectives from Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU)caught up with him as he was having a drink with the CS.
Police sources did not reveal the identity of the Cabinet Secretary due to the magnitude of the matter.
There are allegations that the seven con artists are connected to another member of the Cabinet.
The seven; Waswa, Duncan Muchai, Isaac Wanjekeche, William Simiyu, David Luganya, Gilbert Kirunja and Anthony Wafula, were accused of mimicking the President and defrauding Sameer Africa Finance Director Akif Hamid Butt of Ksh10 million.
The other CS, is said to have been conned Ksh12 million.
The suspects had reportedly collected Ksh20 million bribe due to the CS, but ended up giving him Ksh8 million and pocketing the rest.
On Wednesday, police recovered boxes of fake Ksh32.6 billion in assorted currency and sackful of counterfeit gold in a residential house in Ruiru.