BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
A senior National Intelligence Service(NIS) officer attached at Elgeyo Marakwet County has been charged with obtaining Sh350,000 and being in possession of six rolls of bhang.
Simon Wanjau Mwaura appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Jane Kamau and denied three charges.
It is alleged that on November 23, 2018 at Transami Area along Airport North Road in Embakasi Sub County within Nairobi County, Wanjau jointly with another before Court with intent to defraud obtained 350,000 from former Kenya Defense Forces officer Sammy Kipserem by falsely pretending that he was in a position to take his son to Australia for further studies,a fact he knew to be false.
He also faced another count that on June 10,2021 at around 6.30pm at Lakeview Estate in Iten township in Elgeyo Marakwet County was found in possession of six rolls of Cannabis Sativa (bhang} valued at Sh 120 which was not prepared for medicinal use.
The prosecution further accuses Mwaura that on the same date and place having been detained by Chief Inspector Eunice Njue and Police Constable George Mwangi as a result of powers conferred by Section 26 of the Criminal Procedure code was found in possession of 3 Motor Vehicles number plates reasonably suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
The accused persons further sought to have his personal items namely his two mobile phone必利勁 s and his car which were taken by arresting officers to be released back to him.
Prosecution did not oppose to the officer being released.
The accused was released on a bond of Sh 500,000 or a cash bail of Sh 300,000 with two contact persons.
The case will be mentioned on June 29 for pretrial.
He is accused of obtaining the said money in 2018 claiming he will assist the son of former Kenya Defence Forces officer to go for further studies in Australia.
According to the court records, Samuel Kipyengon was charged with obtaining Sh350, 000 from the KDF officer Sammy Kipserem. He denied the charges and was released on cash bail.
