Kenya Diaspora Observer
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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Millicent Sifuna Accused of Theft
Millicent Sifuna pictured has been accused of allegedly embezzling funds from a Kenyan Diaspora organization in USA and plans to file charges with the FBI for wire fraud are in high gear. The revelation came during a Diaspora Confernce planning meeting when it was revealed that Millicent Sifuna colluded with David Ochwangi and Juliana Mwose to divert funds raised at a crowfunding site for their own purposes.
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Millicent Sifuna who is accused of embezzling community funds is under investigation for wire fraud. |
Source: Kenya Diaspora Media
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US ambassador’s Diaspora Conference Planning Meeting ends in Disarray
By Mary Munyiri
A meeting called by a group that was supposedly chosen by Kenya US ambassador, Robinson Githae, to plan a Diaspora Conference slated for September ended in Disarray when the planners were accused of misrepresentation.
The five people masquerading as Diaspora leaders approached the Ambassador in March claiming they have the capacity and community following to stage the Diaspora Conference.
It turns out that David Ochwangi, Dr.Juliana Mwose, Millicent Sifuna and Charles Mutunga are just four people, plus a few others. The organization they are claiming to lead had suspended them (except for Dr. Mwose) way back in January for misappropriating funds and violating the code of conduct.
Thirty minutes into the meeting, an official of the organization brought the meeting to a standstill, accusing them of lacking integrity to be leaders of the Diaspora. She questioned why other leaders were not invited. The person specifically accused Millicent Sifuna of moving the organizations funds into her own account working in collusion with the three.
The person said that on February 15, 2015, David Ochwangi who had been suspended from the organization on January 31, 2015 went to the Website of the Secretary of State, Georgia, and illegally declared himself “CEO”, Millicent Sifuna (suspended on Jan 21st) as “CFO” and Dr. Juliana Mwose, :Secretary”. The Secretary of State of Georgia removed Ochwangi and his team on May 13th 2015.
The meeting learned that in February, the Ambassador had called for volunteers from the entire US to assist in identifying a suitable city for hosting the conference. To date, no volunteer has been contacted, and host City has not been publicly announced. It came as a shock to many to learn that David Ochwangi got a letter addressed to him specifically with the green light to host the Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
As the meeting was called off, participants said that the planning committee should be coordinated by representatives of registered Diaspora organizations from all corners of USA.
After the official end of the meeting, the organizers were heard saying the next meeting will be in secret. Only their closest buddies will be given login information. They said that when the conference goes to Atlanta, any Kenyan who questions them will be thrown out by security. Unaware that many people were still listening, Juliana Mwose, Charles Mutunga, and one John Patrick Kariuki, were heard planning their next tricks. In the next meeting, they plan to have a platform whereby they can mute whoever disagrees with them. They will thenstream roll themselves to the conference, and and impose themselves as “Diaspora Leaders”. Anybody who opposes them will be thrown out by security. “The Ambassador is for us, who can be against us?”, asked Charles Mutunga rhetorically..
OP-ED by Mary Munyiri-marymm121212@gmail.com
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