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DCI granted 14 more days to investigate loss of Ksh72.8M Kazi Majuu funds
30th January, 2026 06:19 PM
A Nairobi Court has granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) two weeks to finish investigations into the loss of Ksh72.8 million for Kazi Majuu funds at the Ministry of Labour.
Rahma Ochieng Pacho, Rachael Njoki Kariuki, Vincent Oyugi Omondi and Samuel Kibuti Njue are being investigated for conspiracy to defraud contrary to section 317 of the Penal Code, abuse of office and offences relating to proceeds of crime and money laundering.
The four are out after the court granted them a bond of Ksh200,000 with an alternative of paying a cash bail of Ksh100,000.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Friday, January 30, 2026, the prosecution informed the court that the DCI had not completed their investigations, asking the court to add two more weeks.
“Your honour, the investigative officer had been given seven days to investigate the matter, and they said the days are expiring today; we are requesting the court to grant us more 14 days to wide up the investigations,” the prosecution told the court.
Conditions
The defense counsels for the four did not oppose the prosecution’s request for an additional 14 days; however gave conditions that the prayer be granted only if their clients would not be reporting to the DCI daily.
“We are not opposed to the 14-day extension application by the prosecution for them to complete investigations, however, with the condition that our clients will not have to appear in the DCI’s offices daily,” the defence team submitted.
According to the miscellaneous application, Rahma, who is the director of Zawadi Jobs Abroad Limited, reported that matter to the DCI, alleging that Njoki and Oyugi approached her with a request that they had not renewed their licence with the National Employment Authority (NEA) but had a job demand from Dubai that required 1075 individuals.
Claims of being husband and wife
Further, Rahma stated that after several persuasion sessions by the two, who are husband and wife, and also considering she was recruiting skilled labourers to Dubai for the first time, she agreed to their request.
She later uploaded the job demand letter from Saif Business Services Centre, based in Dubai, in her Zawadi Jobs Abroad Limited portal with NEA.
Notably, the application reveals that during the Ministry of Labour recruitment drive in the coastal region (Malindi, Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi and Mambrui), the three sought financial assistance from the Youth Fund through the Kazi Majuu platform.
The government of Kenya then funded a total of 364 candidates who were unable to raise the required fees, which was a loan of Ksh72,800,000 through the three monies which were deposited to them by the end of July 2025.
The application also reveals that after the 364 candidates received the funds from the Youth Fund into their respective bank accounts domiciled at Equity Bank, the monies were transferred to another account belonging to the recruiting agency Zawadi Jobs Abroad Limited in the same bank.
Later, Rahma entered an agreement with the couple that was actualised, where they assigned each individual a role. Glorivin International was associated with Njoki’s husband for the VISA processing role, and Rahma transferred Ksh 13,504,133 between August 27 and 28, 2025.
It is also revealed that Rahma also transferred Ksh10,924,133 to Taushi Tours and Travel Ltd on diverse dates between August 6 and August 26, 2025.
The application states that Rahma alleges that Njoki admitted to having used the money transferred to her company’s account for personal obligations to clear her child’s school fees arrears and also cleared a loan owed to Shylock.
It also states that Njoki later transferred some money back to Rahma through MPESA transfer on diverse dates between July 1, 2025, and January 20, 2026.
“That it is alleged that the respondents agreed on a plan on how to share the youth money disbursed from the youth fund while not using it for the intended purpose,” the application states.
Magistrate Onyina granted the State the 14 days request and ordered the respondents to report to the DCI once a week.
“The application by the DCI is hereby granted, the matter will be mentioned on February 16, 2026. The respondents will be reporting to the DCI once a week,” Magistrate Onyina ruled.
