BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
A Nairobi court will determine whether a woman accused of forging a recommendation letter to secure a plum job will be charged with forgery.
Catherine Nyakoboke Nyang’au, who is accused of making a background check form without lawful authority purporting it to be genuine issued by Avic Shantui Construction (EA) limited, challenged the charges arguing that they were brought with malice in her prosecution.
She claims that the matter was presented before Makadara law courts and wondered why it was transferred to Milimani Law courts without complying to orders issued by a Makadara court.
Nyakoboke claims that the DPP had given certain directions in the file including the examination of her handwriting to clarify whether she had indeed forged the document but the same was not done. Instead, she was brought before a Milimani court to plead to the charges.
She said the matter is the subject of another case pending before the Employment and Labour Relations Court, where a judge stopped all criminal proceedings against her. She wants the case taken back to a Makadara court.
The woman is alleged to have committed the offense on 5th March 2018 jointly with others not before court.
Nyang’au is also being accused of uttering the forged form purporting it to be filled and signed by Walter Omwenga Oyugi who is her estranged husband and complainant in the matter.
She is alleged to have committed the offense on 5th March 2018 at KNATCOM-UNESCO offices at National Bank Building, Harambee Avenue, Nairobi.
However, the prosecution told the court that they had not been served any stay orders and therefore nothing barred the court from proceeding with her plea taking.
The Prosecutor told the magistrate that the issue of malicious prosecution is a constitutional issue.
She is out on cash bail of Sh 20,000.
