BY SAM ALFAN.
Two women pretending to be employees of World Food Programme who obtained goods worth over Sh 220 million from Frontline Tarkipa Media Limited have been charged.
Margaret Wanjiku Kuria and Serah Gatiri Gathura appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki and denied the charges.
Wanjiku and Gatiri are accused that on diverse dates between 7th January and 4th April this year in Nairobi, jointly with others not before court conspired to defraud Frontline Tarkipa Media Ltd.
According to the prosecution charge sheet, the goods includes 9,903 (90kgs) bags of white maize, 9450 cartons of 25×800 grams of menengai bar soap, 9,700 jericans of 20 litres pika cooking oil and 4,400 50kgs bags of brown sugar.
They are further charged with obtaining 9,903 (90kgs) bags of white maize, 9450 cartons of 25×800 grams of menengai bar
soap, 9,700 jericans of 20 litres pika cooking oil and 4,400 50kgs bags of
brown sugar from Frontline Tarkipa Media Ltd.
They obtained goods by falsely pretending that they were employees of the World Food Programme, which was to pay the said items.
They were released on a bond of Sh 2 million with an alternative cashbail of Sh 500,000.
The matter will be mentioned on the 30th of this month.
