A seemingly gullible woman who sent Sh422,720 to her ex-boyfriend to buy her a vehicle in Kenya while she worked in Saudi Arabia got a shock of her life after returning to find the man lived large using her hard-earned money.

Faridah Onindo sent the cash to her baby daddy Joseph Munane to get a car on diverse dates between April and November 2023 to buy a car, which she intended to use for digital taxi hailing services to generate income for herself and their child.

However, upon return, she joined the latest list of graduates of the Kenya Institute of Character Development after learning that Ngota had not bought the car or anything, and did not have the cash to refund her.

She later requested the ex-boyfriend to show her a copy of the sale agreement to ascertain that he had bought the car, but he could not.

Ngota later became arrogant and cold towards Onindo. When she returned to Kenya, Ngota picked her up at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport  (JKI,A) and she asked him about it, but he could not explain and learnt that Ngota had defrauded her.

She later tried engaging Ngota’s family to recover her money without any success, prompting her to report the matter at Buruburu police station.

Police investigations established through M-Pesa statements that indeed she had sent Ngota the money during the period.

Ngota was arrested and charged with stealing the money contrary to section 268 (1) as read with section 275 of the Penal Code.

Ngota denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Stephany Bett of the Makadara law courts.

He was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 to await a trial that shall begin on February 12, 2026.