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A woman is in trouble after an Asian man narrated to court how she tried to swindle him Ksh 120M. He told Milimani Law Courts how the 33 year-old woman forged death certificate, a marriage certificate and a birth certificate of a non-existing child in a well-planned scheme to rob him the amount.

The 70 year-old Alihadi Dafilla Ali told the court that he received a phone call from the Kenya Commercial Bank while in his office in Kampala, summoning him to their office in Nairobi. He took a journey via road after missing flight to Kenya and upon arriving at the bank’s manager’s office, the manager was in company of two officers from the Central Bank of Kenya.

He told the court that he was shocked to be asked whether he had died. They also asked him whether he was married with one child and he told them he was once married to a lady from Yemen, her name was Fatuma Abdulmoniem but they later divorced in 1983 having no kid together.

He told the court that the bank told him about a lady who had visited them claiming that he was dead and she was his widow. He stated that he told a bank staff identified as Rotich that he didn’t know the woman since he had not gotten married since 1983. “I was shown my death and birth certificates of Amina Zainab alleging to be my daughter, and also a land sales agreement,” said Mr. Ali. He added that the certificates are forged with the intentions of stealing money from his account.

In the case, Mercy Njoki also known as Fatuma and Bakari Abdalla Vuwa were charged with conspiring to defraud the old man Ksh 120M.

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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua on Monday July 26, 2021 secured his release from police custody after managing to raise the hefty cash bail that he was granted after spending the weekend behind bars.

Gachagua appeared before Milimani chief magistrate Lawrence Mugambi on Monday secured his release after paying Sh12 million bail granted by an anti-corruption court in a Sh7.4 billion graft case.

The lawmaker is said to have fraudulently received a sum of Sh7 billion through three different bank accounts in his name at Rafiki Micro-finance Bank. He received the property between 2013 and 2020 in Nairobi while knowing that it formed part of the proceeds of crimes.

Gachagua was arrested at 3am in his Nyeri home on Friday, and faced six counts of economic crimes, including conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, money laundering, and fraudulent acquisition of public property.

After being released, the lawmaker took to his official social media accounts to reveal how he managed to raise the hefty cash bail in just three hours. He  expressed gratitude to his friends who helped him raise the cash.

“I thank God that I am finally at home with my family after facing trumped up charges by the DCI on orders from State House… I thank all the friends who helped me raise the hefty cash bail in a record three hours,” Rigathi stated.

In addition, Rigathi expressed gratitude to his wife and children, his lawyers and Deputy President William Ruto for the support they accorded him.

Rigathi stated that police officers at the DCI headquarters and Gigiri Police Station had treated him with respect and dignity and were professional in discharging their duties.

During his appearance in court, Gachagua was flanked by members of the Tangatanga wing of the ruling Jubilee Party, among them Kimani Ichung’wa, Irungu Kang’ata, Alice Wahome, Kipchumba Murkomen, Nixon Korir, Aaron Cheruiyot and Gladys Boss Shollei.

Gachagua is accused alongside William Wahome, Anne Ruo, Julianne Makaa, Samuel Ireri, Grace Wambui, Lawrence Kimaru, Irene Wambui, David Nyangi and M/S Rapid Medical Supplies Limited.

They are accused of conspiring to defraud the Nyeri county government of Sh27 million between May 2015 and December 2016. His co-accused persons were, however, not present in court. Gachagua denied any wrongdoing.

In respect of the fraudulent acquisition of public property, it is alleged Gachagua, Nyangi, and Rapid Supplies Ltd fraudulently acquired public property at Sh6 million. The money was part of a payment purportedly for the supply of dialysis machines to Nyeri Provincial General Hospital.

Gachagua further faced two counts of money laundering. He denied indirectly receiving Sh104 million from Bungoma county government and engaging in transactions to conceal the movement of the cash even with the knowledge that it was proceeds of crime.

He also allegedly indirectly received Sh7.5 million from the Kwale government between September 2015 and September 2016 in Nairobi with others not before court.

The court ordered the accused persons to appear before the court on August 3, 2021. A pre-trial was also scheduled for August 9.

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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua was on Monday July 26, 2021 released on a Kshs.12 million cash bail in a graft case facing him, with an alternative Sh25 million bond or a surety of the similar amount.

Gachagua is facing six counts, including conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, fraudulent acquisition of property and money laundering.

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi at the Milimani Law Courts, Gachagua denied the graft charges read out to him.

He to deposit his passport with the court and not to contact or interfere with witnesses.

Gachagua who spent the weekend behind bars after being arrested on Friday was represented by lawyers Kioko Kilukumi, Alice Wahome, GladysSholei, Kipchumba Murkomen, Sylvanus Osoro, Irungu Kangata, Gibson Kimani, Wyclife Nyabuto, Amos Kisiwi and Paul Gacheru.

The lawmaker is being accused together with William Mwangi, Anne Ruo, Julianne Makaa, Samuel Ireri, Grace Kariuki, Lawrence Kimaru, Irene Ndigiriri, David Nguru and M/S Rapid Medical Supplies Ltd.

Earlier, Kilukumi asked that Rigathi be admitted to reasonable bail terms, adding that the values quoted in the charge sheet are not determinate on the bail the court should consider.

He also asked the court to consider the accused was arrested on Friday at 3am at his rural home in Nyeri.

Kilukumi urged the court to discourage the aspect of citizens being arrested on a Friday. The case will be mentioned on August 9.

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Lawyers representing Sirisia MP John Waluke in his sentence hearing have urged the Court to be sympathetic while sentencing the lawmaker.

Dunstan Omari, one of the lawyers representing Waluke has pleaded with the Chief Magistrate to be lenient with the former KDF soldiers, saying that he is not only a vulnerable person because of coronavirus but that he also saved the late president Daniel arap Moi in the 1982 coup.

Waluke, his lawyer said, was a career civil servant who had an impressive track record in the military where he rose from a corporal to a major in 1996, a testimony that he is a good person.

After his military career, he engaged in consultancy and road construction services in Western Kenya. He holds a degree from Mount Kenya University and a Masters from Kibabii University.

Waluke is being represented by advocates Evans Ondieki, Samson Nyamberi, Cliff Ombeta and Dunstan Omari while his co-accused Grace Wakhungu has Duncan Okubasu in her corner.

Waluke’s lawyers begged the court not to be swayed by the Sh297 million but at the amount that was in his possession.

The Sirisia MP John Waluke was on Monday June 22, 2020 found guilty by a Nairobi court, and was remanded pending his sentencing on Thursday June 25, 2020.

Waluke has been so vocal in spreading DP Ruto’s 2022 political gospel. In January 2019, the High Court declined to stop the prosecution of Waluke.

Waluke was charged with several counts of fraud alongside businessman Grace Wakhungu over a contract his company, Erad Supplies and General Contracts Ltd, won to supply 40,000 tonnes of maize in 2004.

The lawmaker and his co-accused had last filed an application seeking to block the case against them.

High Court judge Hedwig O’ngudi, however, declined to issue the orders noting that the application had not been made in a timely manner.

Last week, magistrate’s court in Nairobi extended bond terms Waluke but issued an arrest warrant for his co-accused.

The trial magistrate Elizabeth Osoro issued the arrest warrant after Grace Sarapay Wakhungu failed to turn up for the judgment.

At the same time the magistrate allowed the investigating officer in the case to verify a medical document presented before court by Wakhungu’s lawyer after a State prosecutor disputed its authenticity. 

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Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Wednesday got schooled by Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti as he attempted to justify their decision of bringing a sick person to court.

Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko arrived at Milimani Law Courts in an ambulance.

He had been admitted at the facility on Friday night after falling ill while at Kamiti Maximum Prison where he had been remanded.

But when Murkomen tried to explain the decision of bringing Sonko to court while he was still sick, Chief magistrate Ogoto ordered him to sit down.

He argued that Murkomen had never practiced law in their courts, citing that he didn’t have to disturb a sick person from hospital since he would still have gone ahead and given directions.

“You didn’t have to disturb a sick person from hospital, I still would have gone ahead and given directions,” Ogoti said during a court session that was live on all major mainstream TV stations.

Watch the video below.

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Nairobi County governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has been remanded at Industrial area prison for two more days pending ruling on his bail application set for Wednesday 11/12/2019.

Warrants of arrest have also been issued against suspects who were not before court today( Monday).

Sonko was arrested on Friday last week and spent the weekend locked up.

This will bring to five days, the number of days the flamboyant governor will be in the cells.

The Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution had on Monday opposed Sonko’s release on bail.

Sonko, along with several other Nairobi County officials, was arraigned before Anti-Corruption Magistrate Douglas Ogoti to answer to Sh357 million graft charges at City Hall.

The DPP represented by Gitonga Riungu and James Kihara opposed Sonko’s release on bail citing he had escaped prison before.

The prosecutor cited an incident on March 12 in 1998 where Sonko was convicted for failing to appear in court over three cases in Mombasa.

He was sentenced to pay a fine of Sh500,000 in the first case and Sh200,000 in the second case.

In default, he was to serve six months imprisonment for each case consecutively.

Kihara quoted the Commissioner of Prisons who said while Sonko was at Shimo La Tewa Prison, he sought treatment at the Coast General Hospital after which escaped from lawful custody.

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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has denied more than 10 counts related to money laundering, receiving bribes and conflict of interest in a Sh357 million scandal.

While appearing before Milimani Law Courts on Monday morning, Sonko pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges when he was arraigned before anti-corruption court magistrate Douglas Ogoti, in a packed court that was secured by anti-riot police officers.

He was represented by several lawyers led by Cecil Miller, who unsuccessfully applied for an anticipatory bail soon after the Governor was arrested in Voi in a dramatic scene captured on video on Thursday after the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji indicted him and 18 others.

Heavily armed anti-riot police officers were deployed around the court precincts following reports his supporters were planning to hold demonstrations, including the city centre to protest his arrest.

Sonko was escorted to court at 7 am in handcuffs, amid tight security.

His application to be released on bail will be heard today at 2:30 pm.

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There is a heavy police deployment near Milimani Law Courts where Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko is set to be arraigned this morning.

Traffic has been interrupted with as General Service Unit (GSU) officers alongside anti-riot police officers are not allowing any vehicle to go past Milimani Law Courts.

People working at the Court are the only ones allowed to use the road heading to Milimani Law Courts.

Several people have been affected as they have been forced to find alternative routes.

This is to ensure that there is no commotion and protests from Sonko’s supporters when he gets arraigned.

Watch the video via this tweet, Courtesy/Citizen Tv

Reports also indicate that over 150 police officers have been deployed in Voi town to prevent any protests likely to occur when the governor is brought before court.

Sonko will be flown to Voi after his appearance at Milimani Law Courts answer to charges of assault.

He will take plea in a case where he is accused of assaulting Coast regional police commander Rashid Yakub.

Sonko suffered a blow last Friday after a judge declined to grant his request for anticipatory bail following his dramatic arrest in Voi.

During his arrest, Sonko allegedly became violent and assaulted the coast police boss by kicking him around the calf area.

At a Voi court, Sonko will be charged with assaulting a police officer while on duty. He will also be charged with two other counts of obstructing lawful arrest and offensive conduct.

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