Swiss embassy disowns letter on Steve Mbogo’s hidden millions

By EVELYN MUSAMBI
The Swiss embassy has disowned a letter purportedly written by its ambassador that lists Starehe constituency aspirant Steve Mbogo as 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.

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.

con men always reach a narcissistic point where they believe they are brighter than everyone else and can fool everyone. Hapo ndio shida huanza kwao

these journalists ni story za kusumbulia ambassador wamekosa?

It is important for the embassy to clarify so that the gullible are not fooled.

ubaya clarifications and apologies do not always go viral

Sometimes denial is confirmation. Why justify a response if it were a non issue.

The unfortunate thing is that kuna wale wameshaamua serikali inasumbua huyu conman and will vote for him coz of his fake letter. Ni kama Gov Mutua. If he’s voted out, then nitajua we’re not yet there. Bado tuko stoneage kama ile ya kuchoma old folks in kisii in the name of Witchcraft.

That’s a silly stance.

When people use your name coat-of-arms, address, etc. Illegitimately, you must come out and denounce them at once. Silence might be construed by our gullible voters to be truth.

youth wanapenda mambo kama hizi…the more you fake it…ndio the more likes they get on their instagram pages

to the best of my ‘silly stance’ diplomatic issues are responded to through diplomatic channels not shsho media my fren.

Pres. Donald Trump likes this

That’s even sillier if you think that social media excludes the diplomatic community and therefore their reputations can be attacked there freely.

Wacha ujinga odm

Very true. But such is the norm when we have people like Sonko as role models.

wewe ni millenial??

Huyu mse ni punju

Lazma awe millennial… ODM lazma iwe caps

Millenial + RWNBP

I knew it that (ka)mbogo is a small time tapeli

Sasa campaign agenda ya mtu kama huyu ni gani,starehe iko shida

Fake it till you make redefined… Last year he was flaunting the house he is renting in karen as his yet every knows it belongs to one of those big political families. His bullshit does not add up how the hell do you have 111m euros in cash yet you are renting a house!!!