American Lady Cries out, Begs Government in Video to Help Recover her N73.9m Female Kenyan Pastor Squandered
- American philanthropist, Avis Goodhatt, claimed pastor Esther Wambui has been giving her false information about the number of orphans she is supporting
- Goodhatt claimed Wambui told her she was supporting 148 orphans while the reality was she was supporting only 18
- As a result, she appealed to the Kenyan government to help her recover over KSh 20 million (N73,966,711) she allegedly donated to Wambui
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An American philanthropist, Avis Goodhatt, has sued a Kenyan pastor for allegedly misappropriating the money she donated to her to support orphans.
Goodhatt claimed the pastor, Esther Wambui, who owns Noahs Boat Goodheart Children's Home in Kisii has been giving her false information about the number of orphans she is supporting.
Speaking to Citizen on Wednesday, October 27, the American national claimed Wambui told her she was supporting 148 orphans while in reality was supporting only 18.
As a result, the distressed Goodhatt appealed to the Kenyan government to help her recover over KSh 20 million (N73,966,711) she allegedly donated to Wambui, which she believes was misused.
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Met in 2018
It all started in 2018 when Goodhatt travelled to Kenya with a mission to help the needy.
She met Wambui who was already running the orphanage in Kisii and they became partners.
The American national then helped her to acquire land on which they built a house that accommodated a number of orphans.
However, in 2020, when COVID-19 emerged, Goodhatt said she was forced to return to the United States and that is when things started going wrong.
She said Wambui started misappropriating the money that was advanced to her and also lied about the number of orphans she was helping.
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Assaulted
In her defence, Wambui claimed she had all the documents to account for how she spent the money.
She claimed Goodhatt had only donated KSh 7 million (N25,888,349) to the organisation and not KSh 20 million (N73,966,711) as she claimed.
The pastor added that the donor assaulted her and is fighting to have the organisation handed over to another group.
Goodhatt's lawyer Rodges Abisai said the philanthropist wants Wambui to reimburse her all the money she used in the organisation.
Pastor sentenced to 54 months in jail for stealing N984,450
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a 58-year-old pastor was sentenced to 54 months in jail for stealing N984, 450.
Delivering her judgment, Omoyele said the convict was guilty as charged, and accordingly sentenced him to six months imprisonment on the first count and two years each for the count two and three. She, however, said that the jail term would run concurrently.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict, a resident of No. 26, Sadiku Ayinla St., Odo-kekere in Ikorodu was arraigned in November, 2012.
Source: Legit.ng