Murang’a residents have raised Sh 7,100 to compensate an elderly couple who complained that police stations refused to apprehend conmen.
Residents who protested that the two senior citizens had been denied justice gave Sh3,100 to Ms Lucia Maina, 80, and Sh4,000 to Mr Sammy Gitau, 73.
The Murang’a Progressive Residents Association (MPRA) raised the funds after learning about the cases in the media.
To assist the seniors, members of the community and sympathetic police officers decided to settle the conmen’s debt.
Mr Gitau claimed on January 26 that a Maragua town bank agent handed him Sh3,000 in fake currency when he presented himself for his monthly stipend for the elderly.
The Sh2,000 stipend had been delayed for four months, and he attempted to withdraw Sh3,000 after confirming that his account had Sh8,000.
He told cops that the agent gave him Sh3,000 in Sh1,000 bills, which turned out to be counterfeit.
Ms Maina was seeking justice after losing 15 kilos of beans and 18 kilos of maize to a matatu crew who were supposed to deliver the goods to her starving daughter in Nairobi.
However, the driver and tout stole it, prompting her to file a police report in Sabasaba.
Officers allegedly pursued the two suspects, demanded a bribe, and released them, leaving the grandmother to pursue justice in vain for the next three months.
