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Jacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu Kamau in Sh 230M land fraud charged in court.

Two in Sh 230M land fraud charged in court.

charges made to Jacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu Kamau over Sh 230M land fraud 

The two Jacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu Kamau appeared before magistrate Gilbert Shikwe and denied the charges.

The court was infomed that On or before June 16,2010 at unknown place within the coutntry,jointly with others not before the court,conspired to defraud John Irungu Huma trading as Thome Dynamic Limited land referrence number 209/11391 IR 76726 measuring 1.3 Ha valed at Sh 230,000,000.

The accused are said to have pretended that they had genuinely been allocated the said parcel by Nairobi City County.

In the second count,The two were charged with forgery against the law.

Jacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu KamauJacob Mwangi Mungai and Patrick Magu Kamau land fraud case

Mwangi and Magu were charged that on similar dates and place,they forged a letter of allotment for the said land purporting it to be a genuine and valid letter of allotment issued by Nairobi City County knowing it was untrue.

Mwangi faced a third count of uttering a false document against the law.

He was accused that on April 27,2021 at Milimani Law Courts ,within Nairobi County,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 bybthe Nairobi City County.

“We plead with the court to be release us on favourable bond terms as we are not a flight risk,”They pleaded with court.

The accused told Magistrate Shikwe that they are small businessmen and the amount cited is outrageous and have been placed to frustrate them.

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They were released on Sh 1M bond or a Cash Bail of Sh 600,000.

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