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13 /kenya-news.php KENYA NEWS

Businesswoman Mary Wambui Arrested over Illegal Possession of a Firearm

By John Wanjohi Wed, 01/05/2022 @ 10:35am 1123 views 6 comments
Businesswoman Mary Wambui Arrested over Illegal Possession of a Firearm

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Businesswoman Mary Wambui was on Wednesday arrested over alleged possession of an unregistered firearm.

Wambui was picked by detectives and taken to Muthaiga Police Station awaiting arraignment in court on Thursday.

The business lady and her daughter Purity Njoki were last month charged with evading taxes amounting to Sh2.2 billion.

The two, who are directors of Purma Holdings, were charged with seven counts of omitting tax returns alongside their company Purma Holdings.

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) had earlier issued an alert to seal border points and airports in a bid to block Wambui from leaving the country after she failed to appear in court to answer to tax evasion charges.

Wambui and Njoki pleaded not guilty and were released on a cash bail of Sh25 million each or an alternative bond of Sh50 million plus two sureties.

Upon her release, the Firearms Licensing Board ordered Wambui to surrender a CZ 75 semi-automatic pistol she was illegally in possession of. The board said Wambui’s license to carry the weapon had expired.

She later surrendered the firearm to Runda Police Station for forwarding to the firearms board on her behalf.

Wambui was a member of the Friends of Jubilee Foundation lobby that raised millions of shillings for President Kenyatta’s re-election campaign in 2017 in two hours. 

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Young

Wed, 01/05/2022 @ 11:53am

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can't hold a gun - she failed to grease the right hands.

Yusuf

Wed, 01/05/2022 @ 02:35pm

In reply to can't hold a gun - she… by Young

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Why arrest this dude over expired license? Kenya is heading in the wrong direction

Bobby Kibe

Wed, 01/05/2022 @ 03:03pm

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I am sure she can hold a gun depending on the gun's name. Some are called AK47 others Mjulus. Which one were you referring to?

Yusuf

Wed, 01/05/2022 @ 05:49pm

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It's high time Kenya mandates women to wear hijabs, especially those from Mt Kenya region. It is becoming harder to distinguish women from men and vice versa. We in Islamic world don't have any problem distingising between our women and men because we make our women wear hijabs. Joho has done a good job in the coast for promoting that culture. For some unknown reasons women in Mt Kenya region have became very muscular it's becoming hard to tell who is a man or a woman in the region

Soldieron

Thu, 01/06/2022 @ 09:51am

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They don’t belong to the medieval times, which you seem to believe in. Enjoy your hijabs, leave Kyuks alone.

Impunity

Thu, 01/06/2022 @ 12:04am

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Wambui atapelekea muchawi Raila PEKENYE keshi iishe mala hiyo hiyo.Ata domo domo za mwizi mwizi kutoka kwa waamini wake itaisha maana watasikia utamu mungu wao akishatomba.Inajulikana wazi vile keshi ya Mumbi na Kabura iliisha.

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