{"id":13922,"date":"2022-06-27T06:24:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=13922"},"modified":"2022-06-27T06:26:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:26:52","slug":"controversial-businessman-and-isiolo-north-parliamentary-aspirant-lies-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=13922","title":{"rendered":"Controversial businessman and Isiolo North parliamentary aspirant lies exposed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Controversial businessman and Isiolo North parliamentary aspirant<br>Mwenda Thuranira has been accused of duping youths in the constituency<br>with a farfetched dream to American university scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound8259329847467879797-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound8259329847467879797-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound8259329847467879797-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound8259329847467879797-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound8259329847467879797.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mwenda Thuranira.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thuranira is said to have fraudulently collected money from youths in<br>Isiolo North with the promise of securing them scholarships with USA<br>Universities where he has spent time as a resident before coming back<br>home to conduct what is believed to be underground businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP aspirant has now told the hopeful students that the intakes<br>will be done in September which will be after the general elections,<br>at which he is running for office will be already done. This has<br>raised eyebrows on why he collected money with the promises during the<br>political campaign period with many believing that if he loses the<br>elections, their dream will be lost with the polls result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A man who is no stranger to controversy, Thuranira is said to be<br>conducting washwash (Money laundering) businesses and various other<br>types of fraud to sustain his flamboyant lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound321419573129070241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound321419573129070241-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound321419573129070241-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound321419573129070241-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/inbound321419573129070241.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Mwenda Thuranira in the center<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His construction company Myspace Properties is facing liquidation over<br>a Sh110.7 million debt after a creditor Teams Construction Company<br>filed an insolvency petition against Thuranira company which went<br>bankrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Teams Construction, the amount, due as computed up to<br>September 15, 2021, was the balance of the contractor\u2019s fees, interest<br>and construction services rendered to the company for a contract that<br>Myspace failed to settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details emerging indicate that Myspace, founded by Mwenda Thuranira,<br>who is running for parliament had hired the firm in November 2012 to<br>build One Twiga Apartments off Links Road in Mombasa.<br>The debt rose from Sh47.7 million and continues to rise owing to<br>interest, court costs and penalties arising from agreed contractual<br>clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong><em>Despite the company\u2019s director, Thuranira, giving a personal<br>guarantee for the debt, no amount has, to date, been paid to the<br>petitioner,\u201d Team Construction said<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thuranira is running for public office in contravention to provisions<br>of chapter six of the constitution Kenya 2010 on integrity owing to<br>the accusations of fraud by his company that he formed after several<br>year as a casual labourer abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thuranira, who is running on a PNU ticket under Azimio La Umoja One<br>Kenya coalition, is also being accused of flip flopping within the<br>Azimio wing.<br>According to trusted sources, Thuranira has been holding secret night<br>meetings with Kenya Kwanza adherents in Nairobi. A serial liar,<br>Thuranira has had his lies debunked with clear indications of an<br>untrustworthy candidate who cannot be trusted with leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has purportedly been heard boasting of his educational background<br>as a university graduate while he only holds a diploma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Isiolo North constituency has taken shape as a grueling battle<br>between the incumbent, Thuranira and Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya<br>Coalition party National Coalition Executive Council (NCEC) second<br>Deputy Treasurer Lucy Mworia. According to recent opinion polls,<br>Mworia of the Devolution Empowerment Party (BUS party) is the leading<br>candidate followed by Thuranira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial businessman and Isiolo North parliamentary aspirantMwenda Thuranira has been accused of duping youths in the constituencywith a farfetched dream to American university scholarships. Mwenda Thuranira. 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