8 criminal cases, one man: Witness Muigai Ngengis records exposed
After carrying out fingerprint forensic analysis, police now say the ‘mystery witness’, Dennis Muigai Ngengi, who claimed to have witnessed the accident that killed Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru, has eight previous criminal records.
In an internal memo to the Director of Criminal Investigations, the Principal officer in charge of Criminal Registry, Mr Patrick Ndunda, says that all the eight previous cases against Ngengi have no result of trial and are in different names.
The offences which range from stealing, malicious damage, obtaining money in false pretense to personation were recorded in various police stations across the country.
As per the records from the criminal registry, the crimes were committed as far back as 1989, 1998 and 1999 with the more recent one being in 2009 in Baricho, Kirinyaga County.
They include:
1. Name: Charles Karanja
Station: Naru Moru
Offence: Stealing
CR/No. 257/06/89
2. Name: Francis Karanja Mwaniki
Station: Nkubu
Offence: Stealing
CR/No. 464/31/98
3. Name: Charles Karanja
Station: Kiganjo
Offence: Giving false information
CR/No. 254/161/99
4. Name: Charles Karanja Mwangi alias Cameroon
Station: Kiganjo
Offence: Stealing
CR/No. 254/66/02
5. Name: Francis Maina Theuri
Station: Mweiga
Offence: Malicious damage
CR/No. 256/01/2003
6. Name: Martin Mutangilu Wambua alias Kathoka
Station: Rumuruti
Offence: Obtaining money by false pretence
CR/No. 752/273/04
7. Name: Alex Musyoka
Station: Meru
Offence: Assault
CR/No. 461/587/04
8. Name: Martin Githaiga Gichuhi alias Antony Waweru Gakuya
Station: Baricho
Offence: Personating
CR/No. 222/44/09
The memo seen by Citizen Digital, notes that an immediate signal has been dispatched to the various stations for the results of the mentioned cases.
This comes three days after Dennis Muigai Ngengi was arrested in Ruiru, Kiambu County, on Thursday, November 9.
Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro said that Ngengi had been transferred to Nairobi for further investigations, with detectives seeking to know the man’s character as well as his real name.
This latest revelation shows that ‘Dennis Muigai Ngengi’ is just a newly-acquired identity among many other names the accused has been using.
Before appearing at the accident that killed Governor Gakuru, Ngengi had been featured at the scene of the October 21 Lake Nakuru chopper crash where he described himself as a ‘State Pilot’.
In an interview with Citizen TV at the scene of the November 7 accident that claimed Dr. Gakuru’s life, Ngengi introduced himself as a ‘police officer’. He would later in the day, still on November 7, tell Citizen Digital that he is a businessman who imports various commodities which he sells locally.
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