BY IRENE ONYANGO.
Three men have been charged with stealing millions of shillings money from a trader promising to secure him government tenders.
Erick Otieno Atanga, Alex Stephen Ogolla and Mophat Gicheru Kamau alias Aden were arraigned before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina and denied the charges preferred against them.
It is alleged that they conspired to steal Sh. 60,000,000 from Vijay Virma, on diverse dates between 4th September and 30th December 2023 at unknown place, with others not before court.
According to the charge sheet produced in court, the trio had pretended to be in a position to secure for Virma a tender for supply of laptops and other accessories to the Ministry of Information Communication And Digital Economy.
The accused persons are also charged with forging a quotation document purporting it to be genuine and issued by the Ministry of Information Communication and Digital Economy.
The charge sheet stated that they committed on 1st November 2023 with intent to defraud NVT mobile telecom and actessones trading FZCO company Sh60 million.
They were released on a bond of Sh 3,000,000 plus two surerities
