The Wash Wash Saga - Money Laundering in Kenya
According to allegations, numerous individuals con individuals and businesses abroad and locally, alleging the ability to print money and even showing money-printing machines to them, and then asking them to send big sums of money for multiplication.
Edgar Obare, a notorious gossip blogger, came out guns blazing last week with a slew of allegations about alleged money laundering schemes undertaken by a cabal of Kenyan youth, leaders and media personalities. The money laundering expose was titled ‘wash wash’ and was released on his Instagram stories in a series of 5. Edgar, the now renowned “tea master”, came out with photos and names tying several youth, leaders and media personalities to an international money laundering and con scheme.
According to him, the chain goes up to the seat of power, tying the Deputy President and several other leaders. The cabal, he alleged, also ties media personalities such as Shaffie Weru and Betty Kyalo to the unscrupulous dealings that include conning people and laundering the money through businesses such as high-end salons. He even connected the scheme to now arrested social media influencer, Hush Puppi.
How Wash Wash Happens
According to allegations, numerous individuals con individuals and businesses abroad and locally, alleging the ability to print money and even showing money-printing machines to them, and then asking them to send big sums of money for multiplication. When an individual is conned, knowingly where they pay the money or unknowingly through credit card fraud, the money is channeled to Kenya.
