Francis Ng’ang’a, the owner of Valley Road Motors, has refuted allegations of stealing a Mercedes Benz valued at Ksh 4.1 million. In a statement to the press on Thursday, Ng’ang’a clarified that the vehicle was purchased from a middleman named Robert Bundi Mugaa, who was representing the actual owner, Peter Munene Njoroge.
He emphasized that the sale was conducted transparently at their office in Valley Road Bazaar, with his son, Brandon Ng’ang’a, overseeing the transaction. Ng’ang’a stated that they reached an agreement and paid the full amount of Ksh 4.1 million to Bundi, following a thorough due diligence process that confirmed the vehicle’s ownership prior to the transfer of funds.
This clarification comes in the wake of a social media report claiming that a Makadara court had issued an arrest warrant for both Ng’ang’a and his son regarding the vehicle. The pair asserted that they had not received any summons to appear in court or provide statements related to the matter, learning about the allegations through social media and inquiries from clients and acquaintances.
They described the online post as a malicious attempt to damage their business reputation and announced their intention to pursue a defamation lawsuit against the blogger responsible. Furthermore, Ng’ang’a questioned the jurisdiction of the case, noting discrepancies between where the case was filed and the location of the vehicle sale.
To safeguard their business’s integrity, they have returned the car to Njoroge after discovering that Bundi had not been forthcoming during the transaction. Notably, on March 15 of this year, police in Kilimani apprehended Robert Bundi Mugaa for allegedly stealing a Range Rover valued at Ksh 33 million from a competing dealership.
According to the complainant, Adeel Rashid Muhamed, Bundi using fraudulent tricks vanished with the vehicle after they drove to meet the alleged client in Kilimani where he claimed to deliver.
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Officers later tracked Bundi to Runda, but the vehicle was not in his possession. He allegedly refused to disclose its whereabouts.
Further investigations revealed the vehicle was parked in a lot in Westlands. Police discovered that Bundi had delivered the car to a businessman who had paid him Ksh 21 million four months earlier as part of a separate deal to import a Range Rover. The payment included Ksh11.5 million in cash and a luxury Toyota car worth Ksh 9.5 million as part of the trade-in.
The businessman told police that Bundi had promised to deliver the vehicle by April 8. He later sent him pictures of the car, claiming he was clearing it at the port in Mombasa and requested an additional two days.
Kilimani OCPD Patricia Yegon confirmed his arrest and was arraigned at the Kibra Law Courts before principal magistrate Samson Temu.
