Two Nairobi business operators charged with nine criminal counts

Two Nairobi business operators charged with nine criminal counts

Two Nairobi business operators were on Tueday arraigned in court where they were charged with nine criminal counts, which they denied.

Emmanuel Okello, who is alleged to be a relative of former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, was charged alongside businesswoman Elizabeth Waiyego Njagiru.

The two were charged with forging a tittle deed belonging to a businessman, Isaack Kamau Ndirangu.

They were accused that “on 20th July 2014 at unknown place in Kenya jointly with others not before court,  with intent to defraud Isaack Kamau Ndirangu, they forged an instrument of transfer for parcel of land purporting it to be genuine instruments of transfer drawn and filed by M/S Yunis Mohammed and Associates Advocates.”

The two also faced other criminal counts among them uttering a forged instrument of transfer for a parcel of land belonging Wanderi Mark Muingai, a senior land registrar purporting it to be a genuine transfer instrument signed by Isack Kamau Ndirangu.

The two were charged alongside Joem Consultants Limited.

According to count three, it is alleged that “on 24th of July jointly with others not before the court at central lands registry, Ardhi House within Nairobi County unlawfully procured the registration of land situated at Nyari area within Nairobi County valued at Ksh. 80 million by falsely pretending that a certain instrument of transfer was a genuine transfer of the said parcel of land drawn and filed byM/S Yunis Mohammed and Associates Advocates.”

They also face other criminal counts of obtaining money by false pretense. It is alleged that they obtained over Ksh. 100 million from different people.

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