Nairobi Chief Magistrate Daniel Ogembo who has ordered former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo to appear in court in person on the February 18 for plea taking over the over alleged false information he gave implicating former president Daniel Moi’s son in a corruption scandal.
BY SAM ALFAN.
Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo has been given three days to appear in court to plead to various charges of giving false information and committing fraud
Milimani Chief Magistrate Daniel Ogembo said that the politician should honor summons to issued by the court on February 9
Jirongo is to appear in court on February 18 for plea taking in relation to the allegations made against him by businessman Sammy Kogo over sale of his suit property.
However his lawyer James Orengo told the court that Jirongo had not been personally served with summons and the he was away in upcountry.
He persuaded the court not to issue a warrant of arrest, since Jirongo was not aware of the summons; the same was only served on his advocates.
The summons came as result of the application by an investigating officer Eveline Makia applied that suspect be summoned against him Jirongo is alleged to have committed offences in various dates between 1992 and last year in relation to a parcel of land. Makia
She said that after investigations the prosecution is now ready to have Jirongo formally charged.
According to the charge sheet filed in court prosecution alleges that Jirongo committed the said offence between September 25 1992 March 27 last year at Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi he informed Sergeant Maxwell Otieno that he paid Shs 7 Millioni as an alleged balance of payment for purchase of Soy Developers Limited.
This is despite the fact that Jirongo knew the information was false, intending thereby to cause Otieno to arrest Moi as an accomplice in the alleged fraudulent purchase of Soy Developers in which the CID officer ought not to have done if the true state of facts in relation to such information were known to him.
Jirongo is also set to answer charges of obtaining execution of a security by false pretenses.
The prosecution further alleges that Jirongo on September 25,1992 in Nairobi by false pretenses and with intent to defraud, he induced Post Bank Credit Limited to accept Bank Charge.
This was in respect of a parcel of land LR NO. 209/11151-IR 47029 registered in the name of Soy Developers Limited to secure a Shs 50 Million overdraft facility to Cyber Projects International as valuable security.
Politician is expected to plead to a charge of making a document without authority on September 25.1992.
The prosecution claim Jirongo with intent to defraud without lawful authority made the said bank charge in the name of Soy Developers Limited purporting it is genuine and valid.
The former MP faces another count of uttering a false document in which he is being accused of having knowingly and fraudulently uttered a bank charge in respect of the said parcel of land.
It is alleged on the same date in Nairobi Jirongo using the name of Soy Developers he presented the said bank charge to the manager of Post Bank Credit Limited purporting it to be genuine and valid and signed by Sammy Boit Kogo and Davy Koech.
He is expected in court on 18 to plead to the charges.
Sources informed us Jirongo skipped court summons today in what is termed as an attempt to settle the matter out of court.
