Family of businesswoman Ann Njoroge breaks silence over Sh17bn oil importation controversy
The family of businesswoman Ann Njoroge accuses the government of altering importation documents as the oil saga deepens
The family of businesswoman Ann Njoroge accuses the government of altering importation documents as the oil saga deepens.
The family of businesswoman Ann Njeri Njoroge has spoken out, defending her mother in the face of escalating controversy around the alleged theft and importation of 100,000 metric tons of diesel valued at Sh17 billion.
In an interview that aired Tuesday night, Sarah Wanjiku, the daughter of the besieged businesswoman, told Citizen TV that their mother has been running the oil importation business for the past 33 years without taking any shortcuts.
Wanjiku disregarded the Kenya Ports Authority’s (KPA) assertion that her mother had used falsified paperwork to assert her right to the fuel cargo that belonged to two different companies.
She said the alleged rightful owners of the cargo were the ones who forged her mother’s genuine import papers and superimposed their details on them.
“It is these exact papers just as they are, removing the names Ann’s Imports and Exports Enterprises and putting in the names of those companies,” she said.
This comes after Aramco Trading Fujairah was named as the shipper and Galana Energies as the consignee in a news release by KPA on Monday.
KPA chairman Benjamin Tayari and managing director Captain William Ruto dismissed Ann Njoroge ownership claim as mere rhetoric.
KPA said the fuel consignment was loaded on MT Haigui with 93, 460 metric tonnes of oil between September 20-28 and departed for anchorage at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for cargo dopping and sampling.
Tayari said 49, 091 metric tonnes of the cargo was destined for Kenya while the remainder, 44,3687 metric tonnes, was transit cargo for neighbouring counties including Uganda, South Sudan, and the DRC.
But Wanjiku dismissed this version of the story saying the 93, 460 metric tonnes was what was found after the Coast Guard in Mombasa detained the vessel.
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“Originally the cargo was 100,000 metric tonnes as was first stated because nobody imports 93,000. The 93,000 is what was found after what had been taken they claimed was testing. You don’t test with over 6,000 metric tonnes,” she said.
The new development comes as Ann Njoroge resurfaced on Tuesday at the high court in Mombasa days after she allegedly went missing at the DCI headquarters.
Speaking outside Court on Tuesday, the Businesswoman narrated that there were people who were after her over the oil consignment.
Her lawyer Cliff Ombeta said she was taken to Karura forest after recording a statement at DCI offices.
Ann Njoroge said she was blindfolded and dumped at Nyayo Estate in Nairobi by people she claimed were masked state officers after being questioned and held overnight.
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