Two men have been charged with with Sh 230 million land fraud.
Jacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu Kamau are accused of conspiring to defraud John Irungu Huma trading as Thome Dynamic Limited land reference number 209/11391 IR.76726 measuring 1.300Ha valued at approximately Sh 230 million by falsely pretending that they had genuinely been allocated the said parcel by Nairobi City County, a fact they knew to be false
The duo is alleged to have committed the offense on or before 16th June 2010, at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court.
Mungai and Kamau are also charged with forging a letter of allotment for the said land and purporting it to be a genuine and valid letter of allotment issued by Nairobi City Council.
According to the charge sheet, this offense was committed on or before 16th June 2010, at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court and with intent to defraud.
Lastly, Mungai is charged with uttering a false the forged letter of allotment.
The court heard that on 27th April 2021 at Milimani Law Courts, within Nairobi County, Mungai knowingly and fraudulently uttered a forged Letter of allotment for land parcel number LR.209/11391, registered in the name of Bahati Development Welfare Association to the Deputy Registrar Milimani Law Courts purporting it to be a genuine document issued by the Nairobi City County.
The accused persons denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe.
The defense lawyer requested the court to release the two on reasonable cash bail.
The accused persons who live in Saika and Kahawa Sukari respectively told the court that they are small business owners and not at flight risk.
The magistrate granted each accused person a bond of Sh 1 million with one surety of a similar amount.
Alternatively, each can deposit a cash bail of Sh 600,000 and provide two contact persons to secure their release pending the hearing and determination of the case.
The case will be mentioned on 5th November for pre-trial
