Jonah Kariuki, father of Boniface Kariuki, the mask vendor who was shot by police during protests, has been scammed out of Ksh 200,000 by individuals posing as officials from the Social Health Authority (SHA).
According to a statement by the family's spokesperson, Emily Wanjiru, the fraudsters contacted Kariuki, claiming they would assist with settling the hospital bills.
The spokesperson explained that Kariuki received a call from someone purporting to work with SHA, who claimed they needed to register the family into the scheme and help pay the bill.
The fraudsters falsely told Kariuki that he needed to provide a certain amount of money to facilitate SHA registration.
