The Day I Lost KSh 1.2 Million to a Workmate and Why I Chose a Different Path

 

I am one of those people who trust friends so much that I can take a bullet for one,but last year taught me a lesson not to trust people too much. I work in an NGO in Nairobi where I am an accountant.

John used to be my colleague and a Senior to me in the Accounts department, his salary was Ksh 600,000 per month.

Last year August he approached me and requested me to be his guarantor for a loan he was about to take from a SACCO. 

Since I knew he was my boss and that he was going nowhere, I decided to guarantee him Ksh 800,000. On top of that he explained to me that he had an urgent issue he was solving and he needed Ksh 400,000 to settle it.I went to my bank and forwarded the money to his account.

I had no idea that John was about to quit the job.A month later when the SACCO loan was out,I didn’t see him.

For three days ,he never appeared and when I called him,the number was mteja.I decided to go to where he lived so that I can see what was the problem only to be shocked that he had relocated to a different town.

Our employer called us one morning and told us John had secretly handed out resignation letter.I felt like swallowing myself. When I inquired from my colleagues, each of them told me John had borrowed money from them.

I decided to go to Mombasa to look for him,I even reported to the police.But my efforts bore no fruits.READ FULL STORY.