Gymnast Wendy Waeni’s former manager Joe Mwangi has finally been arrested just a few days after Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti issued a warrant of arrest against him.
This is after Joe Mwangi was said to be threatening Waeni’s mum, Magdalene Mbele and even went on to forge a letter pretending to be from a Cabinet Secretary threatening Waeni’s mum.
Through their official twitter page the DCI said;
“Mr Joseph Mwangi Nduta alias Joe is in our custody. He will be charged appropriately once necessary police process is complete. We thank everyone that shared information on his whereabouts,”
Joe’s arrest comes a few weeks after Wendy Waeni exposed exposed Joe him for misusing her money and refusing to be transparent with the amount she had been making.
Joe’s side of the story
Wendy’s former manager however claims that Waeni’s mum has been misusing the money on alcohol.
Ms Mbele on the other hand came out to brush off Joe’s accusations saying;
“I’m a staunch Christian, I have never had alcohol in my life, my daughter can attest to that. Joe Mwangi is a liar and a fraud that is why it was best fit that he no longer manages my daughter,”
She went on to add saying;
“He received money from politicians in the name of my daughter; he got Sh.140,000 from Raila Odinga and only gave me Sh.30,000,”
Wendy Waeni´s case has taken a different twist after ex-manager, Joe Mwangi´s recent exposes.
Joe Mwangi has been put on the spotlight for all the wrong reasons among them being exploiting the young acrobat´s talent.
Wendy publicly exposed Joe on live TV. A scandal that has since then gone viral.
However, Joe also has his name to defend and to prove it, he speaks up about money offers that Wendy´s mum was given to get them a better life.
Well, Wendy´s mum, Magdaline Syombua has confessed that this is true.
Speaking to Massawe Japanni, the mother revealed that Joe handed her amounts of Ksh 20,000.
Walikuwa wanatembelea watu wakubwa wakubwa wanapata kile wanapata pale na mimi ananipatia kitu kidogo. Ananipatia kidogo kama elfu ishirini.
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However, according to Ms Syombua, Joe kept the lion´s share and every time she tried asking about it, he would turn hostile.
Surprisingly, Wendy´s mum said that she is not aware of what the daughter has been lamenting about on national TV.
Immorality
On Monday, Joe Mwangi stated that he confiscated Waeni´s phone because the internet was corrupting her morals.
Sunday evening, up and close on Ebru TV, the ex-manager narrated how he had been monitoring Wendy´s internet usage before confiscating it thereafter.
All this story does not have to do with money. In April I was with Wendy in Mombasa and you cannot imagine what she had been doing with her phone. That’s why I took it.
He however failed to disclose details of what exactly she was exposing herself to, chuckling:
Wacha nisiseme (let me not reveal) but imagine what can make me confiscate a child’s phone?
He further shares that soon after confiscating the young girl´s phone, he called upon her mom to explain why he did so.
I showed Wendy’s mum what her child was browsing but the mother insisted I give her back the phone. She would monitor her herself. I refused and this is what triggered Wendy to go lament on JKL.
Uproar
However, his recent revelations have angered the public who have blasted him for damaging the teenager´s reputation.
This is soon after releasing screenshots alleging that she was using her phone for pornographic material, additionally engaging in immoral stuff.
Unfortunately, Kenyans are outraged by his acts additionally calling for his arrest.
Mixed reactions
If #joemwangi was giving Wendy's mum small amounts of money and from the Rwanda trip Wendy pocketed 300k. So how come she went on national TV claiming that she has not received any money from @Mwasjoe50. I don't like this lady called Syombua. She is the problem.
We are not interested whether @WendyWaeni was watching pornography. #joemwangi should address the issue of compensation from talent of Wendy. You won’t divert attention by badmouthing the lady. Never. Address the real issues.
If you can expose her this way with no regard whatsoever to her wellbeing, for your benefit. What else have you done for your benefit at her expense. Btw browsers could be yours and I see child porn, there’s no proof it’s hers even the pic doesn’t proof it’s from her.
Where is this guy tweeting from @DCI_Kenya ? This is sad of a minor. I feel this kid will end up vulnerable and depressed. Joe is already tampering with evidence.