Norwegian National Deported from Kenya in 2014 Returns

A Norwegian national who was deported from Kenya six years ago has reportedly returned to the country.

Roger Klinge Dyrnes was allowed back to the country by immigration authorities to testify in a case in which he is accused of selling properties worth millions of shillings to unsuspecting buyers using forged documents, Daily Nation reports.

The publication established that Dyrnes arrived in the country four months ago and will stay for the period which he will be testifying in the case.

Dyrnes lived in Kenya as a fugitive by the name Roger Wilhelmsen but was eventually tracked down by Interpol in 2014 and deported to his country where he had been convicted for fraud, tax evasion, and racketeering.

He is accused of selling Sh40 million properties in Nairobi's Riverside estate belonging to Rachel Njoki Nielsen using a Lithuanian passport with the name “Orlov Oleg”, having forged a power of attorney. This happened while Njoki was away in Norway. Dyrnes claims Njoki was his girlfriend 
but Njoki maintains the two were only friends.

“The plaintiff avers that the alleged power of attorney, if any, is a forgery and therefore illegal, null, and void in law and fact,” Njoki’s lawyer says in a signed affidavit.

The three houses allegedly sold by Dyrnes were registered under  Executive Kiritu Investments Limited, a company in which Njoki had 1000 shares while her relative Faith Waithera had one share.

The title deeds to the three properties were released to Dyrnes by a local bank through a Nairobi-based law firm which changed ownership through the help of officials at the Ministry of Lands, Daily Nation added.

In documents filed in court, Njoki denies ever handing Dyrens a power of attorney that was allegedly executed before C.P. Onono Advocates. Sidian Bank which loaned Sh19 million to one of the clients who purchased the Riverside property discounted Njoki’s claims that she did not sign a power of attorney.

A forensic investigation into the alleged fake power of attorney found glaring similarities in the signatures which were compared to those in Njoki's passports but she dismissed the findings stating that she was not involved in the examination process.