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Rigathi’s Facebook impersonator Collins Kipleting Serem promised God’s blessings to victims

Collins Kipleting Serem

Collins Kipleting Serem from Kamplemur village in Uasin Gishu County had created a parody Facebook account with Mr Gachagua’s name which he used to solicit funds allegedly meant to assist millions of hunger-stricken Kenyans.

Photo credit: DCI Kenya

DCI detectives have written to the Standard Chartered Bank in Eldoret to establish how much a 22-year-old local artist accused of impersonating Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to solicit funds from generous Kenyans had collected by the time he was arrested over the weekend.

Collins Kipleting Serem from Kamplemur village in Uasin Gishu County had created a parody Facebook account with Mr Gachagua’s name which he used to solicit funds allegedly meant to assist millions of hunger-stricken Kenyans.
He even promised God’s blessings to those who heeded the appeal.