The principal losers in this fraud are the shareholders and customers of Safaricom.
Ndegwa, Rigathi, and Fraud in Safaricom Group
Entities Named in Lawsuit
- Safaricom PLC
- Attorney General
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations
Persons Named in Lawsuit
- David Nyamai
- Eric Mugo
- Patrick Kinoti
- Odhiambo Ooko
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On Monday, the 24th of February 2025, a lawsuit was filed against Safaricom, and the court case number, citation, and case tracking number obtained successfully. This 1022-page lawsuit includes evidence and supporting documentation, as well as relevant documents to this case. Also, this lawsuit is related to two other cases that are described later in this post.
At its crux, this lawsuit lifts the hood at what happens inside Safaricom, beyond the veil of the well-crafted corporate image that the company presents to the public and its investors. This lawsuit exposes felony crimes, discrimination, incompetence, fraud, collusion, and corporate malfeasance, as well as how Safaricom conspires with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to defeat justice and persecute victims of Safaricom’s corporate crimes – including maligning their reputation and bending the justice system of Kenya to serve malicious actors.

When this post was first published, the summons were still not delivered to Safaricom PLC, the Director of Public Prosecution, and the Attorney General of Kenya who is being sued on behalf of DCI via invocation of Article 156 of the constitution of Kenya. The summons will be delivered on March 4, 2025, or thereabout, and this post will be updated to reflect this development.
This lawsuit that implicates the compliance department of Safaricom PLC, and adversely mentions senior Safaricom employees…