BY IRENE ONYANGO.
Two people have been charged with conspiracy to defraud a family of their land valued at Sh14 million by false pretense.
Lucy Wanjiru Njoroge and Zakariah Maina Ndibaru appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo over claims of trying to defraud the family of the late Joseph Kimani Kibui a parcel of land measuring 0.1 hectares located in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County.
The charges stated that jointly conspired to defraud the estate of the land, an offence they allegedly committed on diverse dates between August 12, 1977 and April 15, 2015 at unknown place.
Wanjiru is accused of making a false title deed in her name purporting it to be genuine, signed and issued by the land registrar Kajiado North. She allegedly committed the offence on or before 15th April 2015 at unknown place in Kenya, jointly with others not before court.
She is also accused that on unknown date and place within the republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court, with intent to defraud estate, she forged a signature on the green card for the land, purporting it to be genuine entry signed by Land registrar Joseph Mulinge Munguti.
According to the charge sheet produced in court, Wanjiru and Maina intermeddled with the property on or before 15th April 2015 at unknown place, without grant of representation or any other written law.
The court heard that Wanjiru further obtained Sh3 million from Paul Wakanya Kamau by falsely pretending that she was in a position to sell him a parcel of land.
She is alleged to have committed the offence on diverse dates between December 11, 2020 and February 28, 2021 in Nairobi, with intent to defraud.
She was released a cash bail of Sh 1 million and Maina was ordered to deposit cash bail of Sh 100,000
