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Swiss embassy disowns letter on Steve Mbogo’s hidden millions


The Swiss embassy has disowned a letter purportedly written by its ambassador that lists Starehe constituency aspirant Steve Mbogo has having over Sh115 million stashed abroad.

Switzerland’s ambassador to Kenya Ralf Heckner told Nairobi News on Wednesday that the letter, which claims Mr Mbogo’s bank account in the European country has been frozen, is fake.

The letter has been widely shared online.

According to Mr Heckner, the signature at the bottom of the letter is not his.

PHOTO | COURTESY
PHOTO | COURTESY

The author of the letter was responding to a request from the Kenyan government for a disclosure of the identity of Kenyan citizens holding Swiss bank accounts and the amounts in their accounts.

Mr Mbogo had posted the letter on his Twitter handle, bragging that not even the freezing of his account would deter him from winning the Starehe seat.

When Nairobi News contacted him for comment after the clarification from the Swiss embassy, he failed to respond. Moments later he pulled down the tweet.

On Tuesday, the electoral commission summoned Mr Mbogo together with 13 other candidates over claims of misconduct. They risk being barred from the race is found culpable.