Popular car salesman Khalif Kairo was on Tuesday December 3, 2024 arrested in Nairobi. The car salesman whose real name is Joseph Kairu Wambui, was reportedly arrested at one of his car yards in Nairobi. He has been accused of taking millions of money from clients under false pretense.
It has been alleged that he took the money for under agreements that he would import luxury cars for the clients but failed to deliver as agreed. His arrest was confirmed by Kasarani Sub-County criminal investigations officer Justus Ombati. Mr. Ombati also confirmed that Kairo was being held at the Kasarani Police Station.
“We arrested him today after he pocketed millions from a buyer and has been elusive to either refund the money or deliver the cars. There are more complainants who have turned up and we have opened a file on him,” Ombati was quoted by a local media house.
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On December 3, Kairo acknowledged that he was facing difficulties with his car selling business. “[The] challenges [I am going through] are very normal in business [especially] when a company is growing. Every big entrepreneur at one point must face litigation or money problems [especially] when God is taking you to higher levels. To the ones reaching out, I am 100 per cent okay and I will overcome,” he posted on his X account.
Kairo is the founder and owner of the car dealership known as Kai and Karo. Prior to opening this dealership, Kairo was associated with another dealership by the name Imports by Kairo Limited. He left the company in a widely publicized spat with the management of Imports by Kairo.
Whereas Kairo claimed to have founded Imports by Kairo, the company’s management claimed this was not true, and that the company had not been under his stewardship.
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