Another witness has told a Nairobi how OKI General Trading Limited former director Honey Khatwani instructed him to divert company monies.
Sameer Kewal Ramani, a sales manager at the time, told trial magistrate Dolphina Alego also corroborated other witnesses accounts that Khatwani threatened and intimidated them during his four-year tenure.
Sameer Kewal Ramani, a sales manager at the time, told trial magistrate Dolphina Alegothat Khatwani used threats to silence them over misappropriation of company funds.
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Ramani, the fourth prosecution witness in the matter, told the court he obeyed the former director’s instructions without question being that he was the boss.
He added that after supplying goods to clients, Khatwani would instruct him to deposit the money in his personal account at Eco-Bank.
The witness added that at times, he would also be instructed to deposit money into the the Mpesa account of the former director’s wife.
“I deposited money into his personal account at Eco-Bank and Mpesa account belonging to his wife,” Ramani testified.
Khatwani to is also alleged to have used OKI Ltd employees to work in his new company, Galaxy Middle East Africa Limited, disguising it to be the same company.
Khatwani, currently the Director of Galaxy Middle East and Africa Limited, is accused of siphoning over Sh 356 million from OKI Limited during his four-year tenure.
The accused person is charged with stealing USD 2,786,806.05 (apprx Sh 356,711,174.40), the property of OKI General Trading Limited, which got into his possession by virtue of his employment.
Khatwani is alleged to have committed the offense on diverse dates between 1st January 2020 and 30th June 2024, at Baba Dogo within Nairobi County.
The trial will continue on October 22 and 23, 2025.