BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
Three traders have been charged before a Nairobi court with obstructing an inspector of the Anti-Counterfeit agency from doing his job.
Ann Nyokabi, Nickson Kimani and Lucy Ikiao Kaari who appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku denied the charges against them by the state.
The trio are accused of jointly obstructing inspector Thomas Odek from seizing Makari De Suisse products from Ideal Beauty Shop and ordered for the goods already entered in the inventory to be returned into the shop and had ordered it locked.
They are alleged to have committed the offence on September 27,2018 at the said beauty shop located at Perida Business center Building along Duboise Road in Nairobi county.
Nyokabi and Kimani were also charged with obstructing Inspector Odek and ordered Kaari who is the owner of the shop not to sign the inventory of seized goods.
Kaari alone faced a charge of refusing to sign the inventory of seized goods after being requested to do so by Odek.
After denying the charges, their lawyer John Ogada requested the court to lift the warrants of arrest issued against them.
Ogada told the court that his client were not aware that they were required to appear in court.
“My clients have presented themselves in court voluntarily and were not aware they were required to appear in court neither were they issued with any summons to appear,” Ogada submitted.
However, the magistrate granted them a bond of Sh 30,000 and one surety of a similar or a cash bail of Sh 10,000 each.
The case will be mentioned on February 21 for pre-trial and will be heard on March 6, 2019.
