Member of Parliament for Matungulu, Stephen Mule has told the courts on how he lost Ksh 170,000 through mobile phone lending applications.
According to the charge sheet, Bonface Kipngetich Kirui on march 2023 swapped Stephen Mule’s phone number and stole over Ksh 170,000 from the M-Pesa account, Timia account, Mshwari account, Vooma app, KCB M-Pesa account and KCB bank account.
Hon. Mule told the Court that he was at Eldoret when realized his phone had lost network then proceeded to Eldoret Safaricom Customer Care where the network was restored.
However, later during the night the SIM card lost network again, however, upon consulting the Safaricom customer care number, he was told that the line had been swapped.
He told the court how he was shocked after the accused person explained to him how he managed to swap his SIM card to create fictitious accounts in various banks in the MP’s name and borrow loans from the banks.
He said it is a tragedy to educate young people with a lot of money only to use the same knowledge to frustrate members of the public when they fail to get employment after graduation.
