NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 21 – Two women charged with the offense of swindling people Sh300 million in a house sale scam were released on a bond of Sh3 million or an alternative of a Sh3 million cash bail.
The two, Mary Ndunge Mutuku and Mary Wanjiku Ndung’u were ordered to report to the Investigating office Eunice Njue once a week beginning Thursday, December 22, until the investigations into the matter are complete.
Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo ordered Ndunge and Wanjiku to deposit their passports with the court.
The two were also ordered not to interfere with witnesses and to have one phone which should never be switched off, this came after the investigating officer told the court that they had changed their phone numbers and were not picking up calls from some of their victims.
The two had been arraigned in court on Tuesday, where they pled not guilty to 16 counts of forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.
The pretrial of the case is on January 25, 2023.
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