BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
Two people among them a civil servant have been charged with obtaining over Sh1 million by pretending they would facilitate tenants acquire an affordable government houses in Ngara.
Fredrick Gichuhi Njenga and Sheila Kamathi, a government employee working at Huduma center appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo and denied fraud charges.
They are accused of jointly obtaining Sh623, 000 from Samuel Kamau pretending they would facilitate him to acquire an affordable government funded houses located at Park road in Ngara.
The charges stated that they obtained the money between 17 September last year and 15th March, 2022 in Nairobi. They claimed that the houses were ready for sale under Tenants purchase scheme.
The prosecution further claimed the duo obtained Sh400,000 from Samuel Machira Mungai pretending the wound facilitate him to acquire affordable government houses Unit no. B18 located at Park road in Ngara. The court heard that they committed the offence between September 21, and December 11, last year.
They are also accused of obtaining Sh200, 000 from Lucy Njeri Karanja pretending they would facilitate her to buy the said government houses in Ngara.
The accused are further charged with obtaining Sh200, 000 from Patrick Mungai Wambugu and another Sh200, 000 from George Kinyua Njuguna by pretending they would facilitate them to buy the government houses.
They are facing other charges of conspiracy to defraud.
They were released on a cash bail of Sh200,000
