A middle-aged woman has left the court bewildered after explaining how she was conned Sh 2.6 million by her spiritual father in a livestock rearing business.
In her testimony before the Milimani senior principal magistrate Robinson Ondieki, Yvonne Teeti Kaleti told the court that the trouble emanated from the trust she had in the pastor and she met seven years prior and could not disagree with the voice of God.
She told the court that Johnson Kintalel Nkuku the preacher and pastor of Dominion Church situated in Narok came up with the idea of supporting his spiritual daughter in a cattle rearing business where he could offer shelter to the purchased cattle.
They agreed that Yvonne would be sending money to him since he knew where to source the flock of about 100 heads of cattle despite being experienced in livestock farming.
Yvonne told the court that the transaction was mostly done via M-Pesa and in cash where no agreement was made but only witnessed by her friend who will appear before the court to testify.
According to the bank and M-Pesa statements presented before the court, they indicated that between December 8 and 10, 2020, she withdrew a total of Sh 1,020,000 from Co-operative Bank which was handed to the preacher witnessed by her friend,
“I trusted pastor so much and I could not disagree with whatever he said even to write an agreement nor to visit his place and see the purchased flock,” she said.
The court also heard that trust between her and the preacher grew strong to the point she bought a pick-up and the preacher told her God had spoken and wanted to hand the vehicle to him to pray for it and anointing, he stayed with that vehicle for six months claiming not to be done with the prayers until the DCI involved.
She continued to send money to the preacher until last year which amounted to Sh 2,664,109 when she requested to go and see the livestock.
The preacher started to behave weirdly giving reasons that he was not at home for ministry purposes and after she persistently insisted his phones went off,
“I noticed something was not right when I realized he was cutting me off and never admitted me to visit where he claimed the flock was,” the court heard.
Nkuku was charged that on diverse dates between March 1, 2021 and April 30, 2023, within Nairobi CBD with intent to defraud obtained from Yvonne Teeti Kaleti a sum of Sh 2,664,109 by pretending that he was in a position to buy her cows a fact he knew to be false.
Yvonne who was at a point overwhelmed by emotions urged the court to fight for her to recover the money lost in that scam,
“Your honor I beg this court to fight for me to get justice and recover my money,” she pleaded.
The court was adjourned to April 15, this year when the hearing will proceed.