Conmen in Kenya
Kenya is a country of cons. The ongoing Rashid Echesa scandal, however, revealed a new twist to this intricate game of chess. There is a rising class of conmen that is threatening the establishment. All Echesa associates were luos. From the Gold scam that splashed mud on Moses Wetangula to Echesa arms deal, our brothers from the lake seem to have taken up this new form of employment like fish to Lake Victoria. My girlfriend was once conned of our house rent by some quick talking thug who spoke good Dholuo and acted very brotherly. He made her even book a flight to Diani for a non-existent meeting. From the onset to the point of checkmate, a con game is such a sweet and joyful journey for most victims. This incident takes me to my brother Sheikh Okinyi who was conned of his school fees by some omera who was selling him an ‘original’ phone imported from Germany. To add salt to injury, the smiling Jagem even organized to have him arrested briefly so that he could deal with his loss as a guest of the state. The crooked façade built by C conmenBD, making them easy to spot, is long gone. They now come in the form of an Omera in an expensive Mercedes with fake plates like the one who cleaned my friend Petro’s house when he left briefly to buy sugar for some coffee as they discussed a lucrative business deal.