The son of a woman who went viral early this month for taking Sh 2 M to Pastor Ezekiel’s church was on Thursday charged with stealing over Sh 8 M from a Chinese national.
Ronado Okello a taxi driver in Nairobi is alleged to have taken over Sh 50,000 USD dollars that a Chinese client forgot in his car when he alighted.
He went and exchanged to Kenya shillings then gave his mother Sh 2 million from the stash who in turn ran to Pastor Ezekiel’s church to give him the money.
Okello was arraigned before Kibera Chief Magistrate Ann Mwangi and charged with stealing.
It is alleged that on February 2, he stole 50,000 USD, Tsh 2million, an iPad, clothes and other personal effects all totalling to Sh 8,350,00 the property of Wu Yang who forgot them in his taxi.
He denied the charge and pleaded with the court to grant him reasonable bail terms.
According to the police report, Yang ordered for a ride and Okello picked the request and he was to drop him in kilimani and when they reached China Town which was the destination, he forgot to pick his personal items from the car.
Yang has requested the ride from Swiss Lenana Mount Hotel to take him to China Town in Kilimani.
Okello was released on a Sh 2 Million bond and a surety of the same amount and the court directed that he be supplied with all witness statement,
