Two men who are alleged to have created a WhatsApp account in the name PS Raymond Omollo to defraud unsuspecting members of the public have been charged with impersonation.
Dennis Kipchumba and Pikei Winston Gilbert were arraigned before a Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi with impersonating the Principal Secretary Ministry of Interior and National Adminstration.
It is alleged that they created a WhatsApp group in the name and Profile Picture of PS Raymond Omollo and calling members of the public, falsely pretending that they were offering jobs in the Government.
They denied the charge before Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi and were released on Sh 100,000 bail.
The two suspects are said to have been using the said WhatsApp group to request for some token from members of the Public majorly from Luo Nyanza pretending they could facilitate them secure some government Jobs.
When PS Raymond Omollo received complaints from the public about the WhatsApp group he says that he was shocked because he didn’t have such WhatsApp page and no day he had created a page to try and fetch cash from members of the public.
Accept police reports, the two were arrested on November 2, 2024 at Subaru field in the outcasts of Eldoret town.
